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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 10, 2015
Filed:
Jul. 05, 2012
Reinhard Schilp, Orlando, FL (US);
Reinhard Schilp, Orlando, FL (US);
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, München, DE;
Abstract
A gas turbine engine compressed air flow control arrangement, including: a combustion gas structure having an acceleration geometry () configured to receive combustion gas () from a can combustor and accelerate the combustion gas () to a speed appropriate for delivery onto a first row of turbine blades, the combustion gas structure defining a straight combustion flow path; a film cooling hole () disposed through the combustion gas structure at a location within or downstream of the acceleration geometry (); a sleeve () surrounding at least a portion of the combustion gas structure comprising the film cooling hole and defining a volume () between the combustion gas structure and the sleeve (); and an adjustable flow control system configured to adjust a flow volume between the plenum () and the volume ().