Blade for a gas turbine

Patent · Tue Oct 26 00:00:00 EDT 2010

OSTI ID:1016020

Liang, George ^[1]

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1. Palm City, FL

A blade is provided for a gas turbine. The blade comprises a main body comprising a cooling fluid entrance channel; a cooling fluid collector in communication with the cooling fluid entrance channel; a plurality of side channels extending through an outer wall of the main body and communicating with the cooling fluid collector and a cooling fluid cavity; a cooling fluid exit channel communicating with the cooling fluid cavity; and a plurality of exit bores extending from the cooling fluid exit channel through the main body outer wall.

• Research Organization: Siemens Energy, Inc. (Orlando, FL)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: FC26-05NT42644
• Assignee: Siemens Energy, Inc. (Orlando, FL)
• Patent Number(s): 7,819,629
• Application Number: 11/707,227
• OSTI ID: 1016020
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English