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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 08, 2016
Filed:
May. 09, 2013
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Mahendhra Muthuramalingam, Chennai, IN;
Ashok Kumar Anand, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Veerappan Muthaiah, Bangalore, IN;
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
The present application provides a cooling system for a gas turbine. The cooling system may include a source of CO, a stator blade cooling system positioned about a casing of the gas turbine and in communication with the source of COand a number of stator blades, and a rotor blade cooling system positioned about a rotor shaft of the gas turbine and in communication with the source of COand a number of rotor blades. A first portion of a flow of COmay flow through the stator blade cooling system and returns to the source of COin a first closed loop and a second portion of the flow of COmay flow through the rotor blade cooling system and returns to the source of COin a second closed loop.