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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 12, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 04, 2014
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, München, DE;
Ching-Pang Lee, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Jae Y. Um, Winter Garden, FL (US);
Gerald L. Hillier, Charlottesville, VA (US);
Wayne J. McDonald, Charlotte, NC (US);
Mohamed Abdullah, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Eric Schroeder, Loveland, OH (US);
Ralph W. Matthews, Oviedo, FL (US);
Zhengxiang Pu, Oviedo, FL (US);
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT, München, DE;
Abstract
An airfoil () for a gas turbine engine in which the airfoil () includes an internal cooling system () with one or more internal cavities () having an insert () contained therein that forms nearwall cooling channels () having enhanced flow patterns is disclosed. The flow of cooling fluids in the nearwall cooling channels () may be controlled via a plurality of cooling fluid flow controllers () extending from the outer wall () forming the generally hollow elongated airfoil (). The cooling fluid flow controllers () may be collected into spanwise extending rows (), and the internal cooling system () may include one or more bypass flow reducers () extending from the insert () toward the outer wall () to direct the cooling fluids through the channels () created by the cooling fluid flow controllers (), thereby increasing the effectiveness of the internal cooling system ().