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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 24, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 23, 2013
Applicant:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Inventors:
Ross James Gustafson, Greenville, SC (US);
Srinivasa Govardhan Jayana, Bangalore, IN;
Spencer Aaron Kareff, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Dipesh Dinesh Nanda, Bangalore, IN;
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D 5/02 (2006.01); F01D 5/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D 5/02 (2013.01); F01D 5/141 (2013.01); F05D 2250/74 (2013.01); Y02E 20/16 (2013.01); Y02T 50/671 (2013.01); Y02T 50/673 (2013.01);
Abstract
Turbine frequency tuning, fluid dynamic efficiency, and performance can be improved using a particular airfoil profile, which can be used to determine a throat between adjacent airfoils. By shaping the throat according to the particular profile, the total pressure at an endwall can be energized, improving performance of the turbine.