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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 23, 2014
Filed:
Oct. 07, 2011
Stanley Frank Simpson, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Dipankar Pal, Greenville, SC (US);
Jeffrey Todd Knapp, Golden, CO (US);
Stanley Frank Simpson, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Dipankar Pal, Greenville, SC (US);
Jeffrey Todd Knapp, Golden, CO (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A cooling system for use in regulating a temperature of a component is described herein. The cooling system includes a plurality of flow control assemblies that are defined across a sidewall of the component for channeling a cooling fluid across a surface of the sidewall. The plurality of flow control assemblies are configured to adjust a plurality of fluid flow characteristics of the cooling fluid. The plurality of flow control assemblies includes a first flow control assembly configured to adjust a first fluid flow characteristic, and at least a second flow control assembly configured to adjust a second fluid flow characteristic that is different than the first fluid flow characteristic.