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Interwoven channels for internal cooling of airfoil

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OSTI ID:1453805
An apparatus and method for passing fluid flow through at least a portion of a blade of turbomachinery, such as a gas turbine or the like. The fluid flow is directed through a plurality of flow channels which are interwoven with each other. Each flow channel is non-intersecting with any other flow channel and thus does not contact fluid flowing within any other flow channel. The method and apparatus can be used to reduce heat transfer and thus reduce thermal stresses, particularly in the blade.
Research Organization:
Purdue Research Foundation, West Lafayette, IN (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
Assignee:
PURDUE RESEARCH FOUNDATION (West Lafayette, IN)
Patent Number(s):
9,982,540
Application Number:
14/426,910
OSTI ID:
1453805
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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