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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 2015
Filed:
Jan. 09, 2012
Robert Walter Coign, Piedmont, SC (US);
Gregory Thomas Foster, Greer, SC (US);
Ravichandran Meenakshisundaram, Greenville, SC (US);
Glen Arthur Macmillan, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Aaron Gregory Winn, Piedmont, SC (US);
Robert Walter Coign, Piedmont, SC (US);
Gregory Thomas Foster, Greer, SC (US);
Ravichandran Meenakshisundaram, Greenville, SC (US);
Glen Arthur MacMillan, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Aaron Gregory Winn, Piedmont, SC (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
The present application provides a compartmentalized cooling system for providing a cooling flow in a turbine with a flow of combustion gases therein. The compartmentalized cooling system may include a turbine nozzle and a cooling baffle. The turbine nozzle may include an airfoil insert and a nozzle outer sidewall. The cooling baffle may include a high pressure cooling passage in communication with the airfoil insert in a first circuit and an impingement plate positioned about the nozzle outer sidewall in a second circuit.