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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 28, 2014
Filed:
Nov. 04, 2011
Jalindar Appa Walunj, Bangalore, IN;
Mark Steven Honkomp, Taylors, SC (US);
Sergio Daniel Marques Amaral, Cambridge, MA (US);
Jalindar Appa Walunj, Bangalore, IN;
Mark Steven Honkomp, Taylors, SC (US);
Sergio Daniel Marques Amaral, Cambridge, MA (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A bucket assembly for a turbine system is disclosed. The bucket assembly includes a main body having an exterior surface and defining a main cooling circuit. The bucket assembly further includes a platform surrounding the main body and at least partially defining a platform cooling circuit. The platform includes a forward portion and an aft portion each extending between a pressure side slash face and a suction side slash face and further includes a forward face, an aft face, and a top face. The bucket assembly further includes a plenum at least partially defined in the platform. The plenum is in fluid communication with the main cooling circuit and extends from the main cooling circuit towards the suction side slash face.