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公开(公告)号:US11358335B2
公开(公告)日:2022-06-14
申请号:US16837089
申请日:2020-04-01
Applicant: General Electric Company
Inventor: Travis J Packer , Brad Wilson VanTassel , Christopher Donald Porter , Jonathan Matthew Lomas , Glenn Curtis Taxacher
IPC: B29C64/30 , B33Y30/00 , B33Y80/00 , B33Y40/00 , B29C64/286
Abstract: A mask is provided for an additively manufactured part including a plurality of spaced openings in a surface of the part. The mask is made with the part and includes an attachment ligament configured to integrally couple to the part between the openings in a cantilever fashion. First and second cover members include a proximal ends integrally coupled to the attachment ligament and distal ends extending at least partially over a respective portions of the plurality of openings. A detachment member extends from each of the first and second cover members. The attachment ligament is the sole connection to the part. The mask may have an umbrella shape in cross-section.
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公开(公告)号:US11313237B2
公开(公告)日:2022-04-26
申请号:US16870234
申请日:2020-05-08
Applicant: General Electric Company
Inventor: Jeffrey Clarence Jones , Zachary John Snider , Christopher Donald Porter , Brad Wilson VanTassel
Abstract: A conforming coating mask is used with a turbine component having a plurality of cooling holes. The conforming coating mask includes at least two anchors; a plurality of radial mask strips integrally formed with and extending between each of the at least two anchors; and at least one coating mask securing insert. Each at least one coating mask securing insert integrally formed with a respective at least one radial mask strip; wherein the plurality of radial mask strips align with and cover the plurality of cooling holes.
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公开(公告)号:US20210087979A1
公开(公告)日:2021-03-25
申请号:US16575785
申请日:2019-09-19
Applicant: General Electric Company
Inventor: Travis J Packer , Brad Wilson VanTassel , William Scott Zemitis
IPC: F02C9/22
Abstract: A vane of a turbine system is provided. The vane includes: an internal cavity configured to receive a flow of cooling fluid; a variable thickness wall adjacent the internal cavity; and an impingement plate separating the variable thickness wall from the internal cavity, the impingement plate including a plurality of apertures for directing the cooling fluid into an impingement cavity and against the variable thickness wall, wherein the impingement plate is configured to follow a contour of the variable thickness wall.
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公开(公告)号:US20200025026A1
公开(公告)日:2020-01-23
申请号:US16040062
申请日:2018-07-19
Applicant: General Electric Company
Inventor: Travis J Packer , Benjamin Paul Lacy , Ibrahim Sezer , Zachary John Snider , Brad Wilson VanTassel
Abstract: Turbine shrouds for turbine systems are disclosed. The turbine shrouds may include a unitary body including a forward and aft end, an outer surface facing a cooling chamber formed between the unitary body and a turbine casing of the turbine system, and an inner surface facing a hot gas flow path. The shrouds may also include a first cooling passage extending within the unitary body, and a plurality of impingement openings formed through the outer surface of the unitary body to fluidly couple the first cooling passage to the cooling chamber. Additionally, the shrouds may include a second cooling passage and/or a third cooling passage. The second cooling passage may extend adjacent the forward end and may be in fluid communication with the first cooling passage. The third cooling passage may extend adjacent the aft end, and may be in fluid communication with the first cooling passage.
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公开(公告)号:US20170292455A1
公开(公告)日:2017-10-12
申请号:US15092008
申请日:2016-04-06
Applicant: General Electric Company
Inventor: Brad Wilson VanTassel , Peter Paul Pirolla
CPC classification number: F02C9/18 , F01D5/08 , F01D5/187 , F01D9/065 , F01D25/24 , F01D25/246 , F02C3/04 , F02C6/08 , F02C7/18 , F02C9/16 , F02K3/02 , F05D2220/32 , F05D2250/71 , F05D2260/231 , F05D2260/606 , F05D2260/96 , Y02T50/676
Abstract: An air bypass system for a gas turbine engine includes a nozzle for a gas turbine engine. The air bypass system includes the nozzle having an inner band, an outer band, and an airfoil extending between the inner band and the outer band. The airfoil defines an internal passage. A diaphragm includes an inner wall, a first rail, and a second rail, which collectively define a diaphragm cavity. The first rail defines a first rail aperture. A manifold is positioned in the diaphragm cavity. The manifold and the diaphragm collectively define a manifold chamber in fluid communication with the first rail aperture. A tube extends through the internal passage defined by the airfoil and into the diaphragm cavity. The tube is in fluid communication with the manifold chamber. Compressed air flows through the tube into the manifold chamber and exits the chamber through the first rail aperture.
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公开(公告)号:US20150252673A1
公开(公告)日:2015-09-10
申请号:US14198659
申请日:2014-03-06
Applicant: General Electric Company
Inventor: Brad Wilson VanTassel , James Ryan Connor , Bryan David Lewis , Adebukola Oluwaseun Benson
CPC classification number: F01D5/082 , B23P15/02 , F01D5/187 , F01D11/24 , F05D2240/11 , F05D2240/81 , F05D2260/201 , Y02T50/676 , Y10T29/49341
Abstract: Platform cooling arrangements in a turbine rotor blade include a feedhole that extends from the suction side slash face to the interior cooling passage, and, one or more branch holes that each extends from the feedhole to the suction side slash face such that coolant flows from the interior cooling passage, through the feedhole to the one or more branch holes and exits the platform along the suction side slash face.
Abstract translation: 涡轮转子叶片中的平台冷却装置包括从吸入侧斜面向内部冷却通道延伸的进料孔,以及一个或多个分支孔,每个分支孔从进料孔延伸到吸入侧斜面,使得冷却剂从 内部冷却通道,通过进料孔到达一个或多个分支孔,并沿吸力侧斜面离开平台。
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公开(公告)号:US11976565B2
公开(公告)日:2024-05-07
申请号:US17815372
申请日:2022-07-27
Applicant: General Electric Company
Inventor: Zachary John Snider , Brad Wilson VanTassel , Brian Denver Potter , John McConnell Delvaux
IPC: F01D5/16
CPC classification number: F01D5/16 , F05D2220/32 , F05D2260/96
Abstract: A vibration dampening system includes a vibration dampening element for a turbine nozzle or blade. A body opening extends through the turbine nozzle or blade, e.g., through the airfoil among potentially other parts of the nozzle or blade. A vibration dampening element includes a plurality of stacked damper pins within the body opening. The damper pins include an outer body having an inner opening, a first end surface and an opposing second end surface; and an inner body nested and movable within the inner opening of the outer body. The end surfaces frictionally engage to dampen vibration. The inner body has a first central opening including a first portion configured to engage an elongated body therein and an outer surface configured to frictionally engage a portion of the inner opening of the outer body to dampen vibration.
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公开(公告)号:US20230399959A1
公开(公告)日:2023-12-14
申请号:US17806317
申请日:2022-06-10
Applicant: General Electric Company
Inventor: Brandon Lee Cox , Brad Wilson VanTassel , Benjamin Paul Lacy
CPC classification number: F01D25/08 , F01D5/12 , F05D2220/30 , F05D2260/941
Abstract: A turbine component includes a first structure exposed to a hot gas path and a second structure integral with the first structure but isolated from the hot gas path. A first fluid passage in the first structure delivers a thermal transfer fluid, e.g., air, through the first structure to cool the first structure. A second fluid passage is defined within the second structure and is in fluid communication with the first fluid passage. After heat transfer in the first structure, the thermal transfer fluid is hotter than a temperature of the second structure and thus increases the temperature of the second structure. The heat transfer to the second structure reduces a temperature difference between the first structure and the second structure that would, without heating, cause thermal stress between the structures. The heating of the second structure reduces the need for early maintenance and lengthens the lifespan of the component.
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公开(公告)号:US20220220858A1
公开(公告)日:2022-07-14
申请号:US16663912
申请日:2019-10-25
Applicant: General Electric Company
Inventor: Matthew Troy Hafner , Brad Wilson VanTassel , Christopher Donald Porter , Srikanth Chandrudu Kottilingam
IPC: F01D5/18
Abstract: An embodiment of an independent cooling circuit for selectively delivering cooling fluid to a component of a gas turbine system includes: a plurality of independent circuits of cooling channels embedded within an exterior wall of the component, wherein the plurality of circuits of cooling channels are interwoven together; an impingement plate; and a plurality of feed tubes connecting the impingement plate to the exterior wall of the component and fluidly coupling each of the plurality of circuits of cooling channels to at least one supply of cooling fluid, wherein, in each of the plurality of circuits of cooling channels, the cooling fluid flows through the plurality of feed tubes into the circuit of cooling channels only in response to a formation of a breach in the exterior wall of the component that exposes at least one of the cooling channels of the circuit of cooling channels.
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公开(公告)号:US20220205363A1
公开(公告)日:2022-06-30
申请号:US16663873
申请日:2019-10-25
Applicant: General Electric Company
Inventor: Matthew Troy Hafner , Brad Wilson VanTassel , Christopher Donald Porter , Srikanth Chandrudu Kottilingam
IPC: F01D5/18
Abstract: A coolant delivery system for a component of a gas turbine system includes: a plurality of independent circuits of cooling channels embedded within an exterior wall of the component, each independent circuit of cooling channels including a plurality of headers and a plurality of feed tubes fluidly coupling the plurality of headers to a supply of cooling fluid; and an impingement plate connected to the exterior wall of the component by the plurality of feed tubes of the independent circuits of cooling channels, wherein, in each of the plurality of independent circuits of cooling channels, the cooling fluid flows through the plurality of feed tubes and the plurality of headers into the circuit of cooling channels only in response to a formation of a breach in the exterior wall of the component that exposes at least one of the cooling channels of the circuit of cooling channels.
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