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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 22, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2015
Applicant:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Inventors:
David Wayne Weber, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Mehmet Suleyman Ciray, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Jacob Charles Perry, II, Taylors, SC (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D 5/18 (2006.01); F01D 5/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D 5/187 (2013.01); F01D 5/147 (2013.01); F05D 2220/30 (2013.01); F05D 2240/127 (2013.01); F05D 2250/185 (2013.01); F05D 2260/22141 (2013.01);
Abstract
A turbine blade cooling system according to an embodiment includes: a first turn for redirecting a first flow of gas flowing through a first channel of a turbine blade into a central plenum of the turbine blade; and a second turn for redirecting a second flow of gas flowing through a second channel of the turbine blade into the central plenum; wherein the first turn is offset from the second turn to reduce impingement of the first flow of gas and the second flow of gas in the central plenum.