US4456428A
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Apparatus for cooling turbine blades
Assignee: Safran Aircraft Engines SAS
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Filing: 1983-04-14
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Granted: 1984-06-26
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Expires: 2003-04-14
Abstract
Abstract An apparatus for cooling turbine blades, especially of fluid outflow machines and including at least two cavities separated by a partition extending obliquely in the median, radial plane of the blade, the cavities with their partition walls being connected by acceleration link members for thermal exchange and the outflow and driving edges including fluid discharge openings formed therein. Each blade includes a fluid discharge opening located under the platform of the blade on the outflow edge side, through which most of the cooling air is discharged in the area of selected counter-pressure.
Inventors
- 👤 Michel L. Cuvillier
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-31 16:07
CPC Classifications
F; F01; F01D; F01D5/00; F01D5/12; F01D5/14; F01D5/18; F01D5/187; F01D5/20; Y; Y02; Y02T; Y02T50/00; Y02T50/60
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 9
Claim 1
Independent Claim
187 words
An apparatus for cooling a turbine blade with air, comprising: an envelope; partition means positioned within said envelope in a median, radial plane portion thereof so as to form at least a first and second cavity separated by said partition means; a plurality of link members positioned in each of said first and second cavities for thermal exchange, said blade further comprising a platform portion and trailing and leading edges with fluid discharge opening means located in said leading edge and said trailing edge and fluid discharge opening means formed in said blade under said platform portion of the blade exclusively on the trailing edge side for discharging most of the air which has been cooled into an area of selected counter-pressure; and a cap located at one end portion of said blade wherein said partition means further comprises at least one partition extending obliquely in the median radial plane of the blade and wherein an end portion of said oblique partition and said cap form first passage means therebetween so as to allow for the air to flow from said first cavity to said second cavity.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
187 words
An apparatus for cooling a turbine blade with air, comprising: an envelope; partition means positioned within said envelope in a median, radial plane portion thereof so as to form at least a first and second cavity separated by said partition means; a plurality of link members positioned in each of said first and second cavities for thermal exchange, said blade further comprising a platform portion and trailing and leading edges with fluid discharge opening means located in said leading edge and said trailing edge and fluid discharge opening means formed in said blade under said platform portion of the blade exclusively on the trailing edge side for discharging most of the air which has been cooled into an area of selected counter-pressure; and a cap located at one end portion of said blade wherein said partition means further comprises at least one partition extending obliquely in the median radial plane of the blade and wherein an end portion of said oblique partition and said cap form first passage means therebetween so as to allow for the air to flow from said first cavity to said second cavity.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
17 words
An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said cap has a closable fluid escape opening formed therein.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
26 words
An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the trailing edge fluid discharge opening means is arranged on the axis of the trailing edge of said blade.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
28 words
An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the trailing edge fluid discharge opening means is arranged on a concave face portion of the trailing edge of said blade.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
33 words
An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the leading edge fluid discharge opening means leads directly to the leading edge of said blade and to a convex face portion of the leading edge.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
65 words
An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said partition means further comprises a radial partition such that said at least first and second cavity further comprises at least an upstream cavity defined by the leading edge and said radial partition, a central cavity defined by the radial partition and the oblique partition, and a downstream cavity defined by the oblique partition and the trailing edge.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
42 words
An apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the blade further comprises a cap and further comprising second passage means formed between an end portion of the radial partition and said cap for linking the upstream cavity with the central and downstream cavities.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
38 words
An apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the radial partition is in contact with the cap so that the upstream and center cavities are isolated, the cap having a closable opening formed thereon on a top part thereof.
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