- Patent Title: Gas turbine engine with a vane having a cooling air turning nozzle
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Application No.: US14933025Application Date: 2015-11-05
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Publication No.: US10030538B2Publication Date: 2018-07-24
- Inventor: Wilhelm Ramon Hernandez , Daniel Edward Demers , Tyler Frederick Hooper , Victor Hugo Silva Correia , Troy Todd Dennis
- Applicant: General Electric Company
- Applicant Address: US NY Schenectady
- Assignee: General Electric Company
- Current Assignee: General Electric Company
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Schenectady
- Agency: General Electric Company
- Agent William Andes
- Main IPC: F01D5/14
- IPC: F01D5/14 ; F01D25/12 ; F01D9/04

Abstract:
An apparatus and method of cooling a hot portion of a gas turbine engine, such as a rotor disk, by having a vane assembly with a cooling air passage and a flow control insert located within the cooling air passage defining a conduit. A turning nozzle is mounted to the vane and has a turning passage with an inlet and an outlet, the turning nozzle is fluidly coupled to the flow control insert outlet.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170130604A1 GAS TURBINE ENGINE WITH A VANE HAVING A COOLING AIR TURNING NOZZLE Public/Granted day:2017-05-11
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