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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 01, 2016
Filed:
May. 11, 2012
Applicants:
San Quach, East Hartford, CT (US);
Steven Bruce Gautschi, Naugatuck, CT (US);
Christina E. Botnick, East Hartford, CT (US);
Inventors:
San Quach, East Hartford, CT (US);
Steven Bruce Gautschi, Naugatuck, CT (US);
Christina E. Botnick, East Hartford, CT (US);
Assignee:
UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION, Farmington, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D 5/14 (2006.01); F01D 5/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D 5/145 (2013.01); F01D 5/187 (2013.01); F05D 2240/81 (2013.01); F05D 2250/23 (2013.01); F05D 2250/231 (2013.01); F05D 2250/232 (2013.01); F05D 2250/324 (2013.01); F05D 2260/201 (2013.01);
Abstract
The cooling system for a turbine may include a plurality of platform cooling openings positioned in a platform of the turbine airfoil. In particular, the first set of cooling openings may create a first cooling path and a second set of cooling openings may be placed in the path of the first cooling path where the first cooling flow will cool the second set of cooling openings.