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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 01, 2017
Filed:
May. 23, 2014
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Eric David Roush, Greer, SC (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
Embodiments of the present disclosure include a cooling supply circuit within a turbine wheel, which may include: a substantially axial passage configured to communicate air along an axial length of the turbine wheel; a substantially radial inlet positioned within the turbine wheel between a hollow interior of the turbine wheel and the substantially axial passage, the inlet being configured to direct a rotor purge air into the substantially axial passage; and a substantially radial outlet positioned within the turbine wheel between the substantially axial passage and a cooled component coupled to a radial exterior of the turbine wheel, the outlet being configured to direct the rotor purge air towards the cooled component, wherein the outlet is axially displaced from the inlet.