Industrial stator vane with sequential impingement cooling inserts

Patent · Tue Aug 06 00:00:00 EDT 2013

OSTI ID:1089420

Jones, Russell B; Fedock, John A; Goebel, Gloria E; Krueger, Judson J; Rawlings, Christopher K; Memmen, Robert L

A turbine stator vane for an industrial engine, the vane having two impingement cooling inserts that produce a series of impingement cooling from the pressure side to the suction side of the vane walls. Each insert includes a spar with a row of alternating impingement cooling channels and return air channels extending in a radial direction. Impingement cooling plates cover the two sides of the insert and having rows of impingement cooling holes aligned with the impingement cooling channels and return air openings aligned with the return air channel.

• Research Organization: Florida Turbine Technologies, Inc. (Jupiter, FL)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: FE0006696
• Assignee: Florida Turbine Technologies, Inc. (Jupiter, FL)
• Patent Number(s): 8,500,405
• Application Number: 13/623,291
• OSTI ID: 1089420
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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