Cooled airfoil in a turbine engine

Patent · Tue Apr 21 04:00:00 EDT 2015

OSTI ID:1178272

Vitt, Paul H; Kemp, David A; Lee, Ching-Pang; Marra, John J

An airfoil in a gas turbine engine includes an outer wall and an inner wall. The outer wall includes a leading edge, a trailing edge opposed from the leading edge in a chordal direction, a pressure side, and a suction side. The inner wall is coupled to the outer wall at a single chordal location and includes portions spaced from the pressure and suction sides of the outer wall so as to form first and second gaps between the inner wall and the respective pressure and suction sides. The inner wall defines a chamber therein and includes openings that provide fluid communication between the respective gaps and the chamber. The gaps receive cooling fluid that provides cooling to the outer wall as it flows through the gaps. The cooling fluid, after traversing at least substantial portions of the gaps, passes into the chamber through the openings in the inner wall.

• Research Organization: Siemens Energy, Inc., Orlando, FL (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: FC26-05NT42644
• Assignee: Siemens Energy, Inc. (Orlando, FL)
• Patent Number(s): 9,011,077
• Application Number: 13/090,294
• OSTI ID: 1178272
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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