Cooling fluid preheating system for an airfoil in a turbine...

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2007-05-15

2007-05-15

Look, Edward K. (Department: 3745)

Rotary kinetic fluid motors or pumps

With passage in blade, vane, shaft or rotary distributor...

C415S116000, C416S09600A, C416S09700R

Reexamination Certificate

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11049239

ABSTRACT:
A platform cooling system usable in a turbine engine together with an airfoil for preheating cooling fluids before the cooling fluids enter a cooling system in the airfoil in a turbine engine. The platform cooling system includes cooling channels in either the ID or OD platforms, or both, of the airfoil. The channels transfer heat to the cooling fluids flowing through the platform cooling system and thereby heat the cooling fluids. The preheated cooling fluids are particularly useful with cooling composite ceramic airfoils, which are susceptible to damage from large temperature gradients developed between combustion gases outside the airfoil and cooling fluids inside the airfoil. The platform cooling system may be combined with an airfoil cooling system to create a serial cooling system in which cooling fluids may enter the platform and flow through the platform and airfoil without being supplemented with additional cooling fluids along the flow path.

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