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Title: Interwoven channels for internal cooling of airfoil

Abstract

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.

Inventors:
Issue Date:
Research Org.:
Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, IN (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1453805
Patent Number(s):
9982540
Application Number:
14/426,910
Assignee:
PURDUE RESEARCH FOUNDATION (West Lafayette, IN)
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
Resource Type:
Patent
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 2013 Sep 13
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
42 ENGINEERING

Citation Formats

Weaver, Adam M. Interwoven channels for internal cooling of airfoil. United States: N. p., 2018. Web.
Weaver, Adam M. Interwoven channels for internal cooling of airfoil. United States.
Weaver, Adam M. Tue . "Interwoven channels for internal cooling of airfoil". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1453805.
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Works referenced in this record:

Cooled turbine vane
patent, March 1978


Cooled turbine blade
patent, August 1987


Cooled blade for a gas turbine
patent, April 2002


Method and apparatus for cooling a wall within a gas turbine engine
patent, June 2002


Turbine airfoil with micro-tubes embedded with a TBC
patent, February 2010


Turbine Blade
patent-application, July 2009


Airfoil Incorporating Tapered Cooling Structures Defining Cooling Passageways
patent-application, July 2011


Interior Cooling Channels
patent-application, October 2011