Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Trench cooling of airfoil structures
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Application No.: US14901450Application Date: 2014-07-03
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Publication No.: US10221693B2Publication Date: 2019-03-05
- Inventor: George Joe-Kueng Chan , Ronald Scott Bunker , Victor Hugo Silva Correia , Christopher Kanoa Hoffman
- 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
- International Application: PCT/US2014/045387 WO 20140703
- International Announcement: WO2015/047516 WO 20150402
- Main IPC: F01D5/18
- IPC: F01D5/18 ; F01D5/14 ; F01D9/04 ; F01D25/12 ; F04D29/32 ; F04D29/54 ; F04D29/58

Abstract:
An airfoil comprises at least one wall defining a leading edge, a trailing edge, a pressure side extending between the leading edge and the trailing edge, and a suction side extending between the leading edge and the trailing edge. The airfoil is curved in three dimensions and has one or more cavities defined by an interior surface of the at least one wall. A plurality of cooling film holes extending between the cavity and at least one cooling trench located on at least one of the pressure side and the suction side, spaced from the leading edge. The at least one trench has a floor spaced from an outer surface of the airfoil. The plurality of cooling film holes extend through the floor at an angle other than perpendicular.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160369633A1 TRENCH COOLING OF AIRFOIL STRUCTURES Public/Granted day:2016-12-22
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