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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 02, 2017
Filed:
May. 28, 2014
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
David Wayne Weber, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Dustin Michael Earnhardt, Greenville, SC (US);
Gregory Thomas Foster, Greer, SC (US);
Michelle Jessica Iduate, Simpsonville, SC (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A cooling structure for a stationary blade is provided. The cooling structure may include a first chamber in an endwall of the stationary blade directing a first cooling fluid from the stationary blade to a first cooling circuit, and a second chamber in the endwall of the stationary blade directing a second cooling fluid from the stationary blade to a second cooling circuit different than the first cooling circuit. The first cooling fluid has a lower temperature than the second cooling fluid.