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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 03, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 31, 2014
Applicant:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Inventors:
Robert Frederick Bergholz, Loveland, OH (US);
Aaron Ezekiel Smith, Montgomery, OH (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02C 7/18 (2006.01); F01D 5/18 (2006.01); F23R 3/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F02C 7/18 (2013.01); F01D 5/18 (2013.01); F01D 5/187 (2013.01); F23R 3/16 (2013.01); F05D 2250/20 (2013.01); F05D 2260/2212 (2013.01); F05D 2260/22141 (2013.01); Y02T 50/672 (2013.01); Y02T 50/673 (2013.01); Y02T 50/676 (2013.01);
Abstract
An engine component includes a hot surface in thermal communication with a hot combustion gas flow, and a cooling surface, opposite the hot surface, along which a cooling fluid flows. At least one vortex generator is provided on the cooling surface, and can induce a vortex in the cooling fluid in response to contact with the flowing cooling fluid.