Power plants – Combustion products used as motive fluid – Combustion products generator
Patent
1995-03-31
1997-11-11
Freay, Charles G.
Power plants
Combustion products used as motive fluid
Combustion products generator
60 3902, 416 95, F02C 100
Patent
active
056851588
ABSTRACT:
In a gas turbine including a compressor having a bore and a rotor comprised of multiple stages extending between a first stage at a forward end of the compressor and a last stage at an aft end of the compressor, each stage including a rotor disk having a peripheral rim and multiple blades secured to the peripheral rim, a combustion system comprising a plurality of combustors utilizing discharge air from the compressor for combustion, and multiple turbine stages driven by combustion gases from the combustion system, the improvement comprising means for supplying cooling air at least to a peripheral rim of the last stage of the compressor.
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Glynn Christopher Charles
Lenahan Dean Thomas
Miller Frederick M.
Pedersen Poul D.
Plemmons Larry Wayne
Freay Charles G.
General Electric Company
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