Apparatus and methods for impingement cooling of a side wall of a turbine nozzle segment
- Schenectady, NY
A gas turbine nozzle segment has outer and inner bands and a vane therebetween. Each band includes a nozzle wall, a side wall, a cover and an impingement plate between the cover and the nozzle wall defining two cavities on opposite sides of the impingement plate. Cooling steam is supplied to one cavity for flow through apertures of the impingement plate to cool the nozzle wall. The side wall of the band and inturned flange define with the nozzle wall an undercut region. The impingement plate has a turned flange welded to the inturned flange. A backing plate overlies the turned flange and aligned apertures are formed through the backing plate and turned flange to direct and focus cooling flow onto the side wall of the nozzle segment.
- Research Organization:
- General Electric Co., Schenectady, NY (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- FC21-95MC31176
- Assignee:
- General Electric Company (Schenectady, NY)
- Patent Number(s):
- US 6386825
- OSTI ID:
- 874421
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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