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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 01, 2017
Filed:
May. 01, 2012
Applicants:
Henry Grady Ballard, Jr., Easley, SC (US);
Kenneth Damon Black, Travelers Rest, SC (US);
John David Memmer, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Inventors:
Henry Grady Ballard, Jr., Easley, SC (US);
Kenneth Damon Black, Travelers Rest, SC (US);
John David Memmer, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D 25/12 (2006.01); F01D 25/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D 25/12 (2013.01); F01D 25/14 (2013.01); F05D 2210/44 (2013.01);
Abstract
A gas turbomachine includes a casing assembly surrounding a portion of the gas turbomachine and a counter-flow cooling system arranged within the casing. The counter-flow cooling system is configured and disposed to guide cooling fluid through the casing assembly in a first axial direction and return cooling fluid through the casing assembly in a second axial direction that is opposite the first axial direction.