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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 28, 2016
Filed:
Jan. 09, 2013
Applicant:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Inventors:
Harish Bommanakatte, Bangalore, IN;
Jalindar Appa Walunj, Bangalore, IN;
Anthony Louis Giglio, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Jason Douglas Herzlinger, Schenectday, NY (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D 5/08 (2006.01); F01D 5/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D 5/189 (2013.01); F01D 5/187 (2013.01); F05D 2240/303 (2013.01); F05D 2260/201 (2013.01); Y02T 50/672 (2013.01); Y02T 50/673 (2013.01); Y02T 50/676 (2013.01);
Abstract
An interior cooling configuration formed within an airfoil of a blade of a combustion turbine engine is provided. The interior cooling configuration may include a first flow passage and a second flow passage that have a side-by-side configuration for a segment, and multiple lateral crossover passages extending between and fluidly connecting the first flow passage to the second flow passage. The crossover passages may be staggered.