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Title: Near-wall serpentine cooled turbine airfoil

Abstract

A serpentine coolant flow path is formed by inner walls in a cavity between pressure and suction side walls of a turbine airfoil, the cavity partitioned by one or more transverse partitions into a plurality of continuous serpentine cooling flow streams each having a respective coolant inlet.

Inventors:
Issue Date:
Research Org.:
Mikro Systems, Inc., Charlottesville, VA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1162125
Patent Number(s):
8870537
Application Number:
13/942,782
Assignee:
Mikro Systems, Inc. (Charlottesville, VA)
Patent Classifications (CPCs):
F - MECHANICAL ENGINEERING F01 - MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL F01D - NON-POSITIVE DISPLACEMENT MACHINES OR ENGINES, e.g. STEAM TURBINES
F - MECHANICAL ENGINEERING F05 - INDEXING SCHEMES RELATING TO ENGINES OR PUMPS IN VARIOUS SUBCLASSES OF CLASSES F01-F04 F05D - INDEXING SCHEME FOR ASPECTS RELATING TO NON-POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT MACHINES OR ENGINES, GAS-TURBINES OR JET-PROPULSION PLANTS
DOE Contract Number:  
FC26-05NT42644
Resource Type:
Patent
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 2013 Jul 16
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
42 ENGINEERING

Citation Formats

Lee, Ching-Pang. Near-wall serpentine cooled turbine airfoil. United States: N. p., 2014. Web.
Lee, Ching-Pang. Near-wall serpentine cooled turbine airfoil. United States.
Lee, Ching-Pang. Tue . "Near-wall serpentine cooled turbine airfoil". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1162125.
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patent, October 1999


Article wall with interrupted ribbed heat transfer surface
patent, September 2003


Turbine blade with spar and shell
patent, January 2011


Air cooled turbine airfoil with sequential impingement cooling
patent, May 2012


Cooled component
patent, September 2012


Air cooled turbine airfoil with sequential impingement cooling
patent, December 2012


Near-wall serpentine cooled turbine airfoil
patent, September 2013


Serpentine Cooling Circuit with T-Shaped Partitions in a Turbine Airfoil
patent-application, October 2012


Turbine and Method for Separating Particles From a Fluid
patent-application, July 2013