US4786233A
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Gas turbine cooled blade
Assignee: Hitachi Ltd
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Filing: 1987-01-20
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Granted: 1988-11-22
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Expires: 2007-01-20
Abstract
Abstract The penetrating members (21, 35, 37, 38, 39) are disposed inside the cooling passage (8) at positions so as to penetrate through the cooling passage (8), and have both of ends thereof fixed to the rear side wall (17) and the body side wall (18). The projecting members (33) (34A, 34B) are disposed inside the cooling passage (8) so as to project from the rear side wall (17) or the body side wall (18). The rectification ribs (36) are disposed at intermediate positions between the penetrating members (21, 35, 37, 38, 39) or the projecting members (33, 34A, 34B). The penetrating members (21, 35, 37, 38, 39) or the projecting members (33, 34A, 34B) disturbs the main stream (3a) of the cooling fluid (3) near the internal partition (19) in both directions of the leading edge wall (16) and the first internal partition (19) and make the main stream (3a ) non-uniformly or causes its channelling.
Inventors
- 👤 Mitsutaka Shizuya
- 👤 Kazuhiko Kawaike
- 👤 Sadao Umezawa
- 👤 Katsuo Wada
- 👤 Nobuyuki Iizuka
- 👤 Tomo Sato
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-07 07:25
CPC Classifications
F; F01; F01D; F01D5/00; F01D5/12; F01D5/14; F01D5/20; F01D5/18; F01D5/187; F05; F05D; F05D2260/00; F05D2260/20; F05D2260/221; F05D2260/2212; F05D2260/2214; F05D2260/22141; Y; Y02; Y02T; Y02T50/00; Y02T50/60
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 30
Claim 1
Independent Claim
154 words
A gas turbine cooled blade having a cooling passage of an internal convective cooling arrangement which is defined by a leading edge wall, a suction side wall and a pressure side wall of a blade leading edge region, a first internal; partition and a plurality of extending members disposed inside said cooling passage and extending from at least one of said suction side wall and said pressure side wall facing a flow of a cooling fluid, said extending members being arranged densely in a line and being positioned closer to said first internal partition than to said leading edge wall in such a manner so as to oppose the flow of the cooling fluid, thereby concentrating channelling and turbulence of a main stream of the cooling fluid upon an inner surface of said leading edge wall, and to increase cooling performance at said leading edge wall beyond cooling performance at said first internal position.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
154 words
A gas turbine cooled blade having a cooling passage of an internal convective cooling arrangement which is defined by a leading edge wall, a suction side wall and a pressure side wall of a blade leading edge region, a first internal; partition and a plurality of extending members disposed inside said cooling passage and extending from at least one of said suction side wall and said pressure side wall facing a flow of a cooling fluid, said extending members being arranged densely in a line and being positioned closer to said first internal partition than to said leading edge wall in such a manner so as to oppose the flow of the cooling fluid, thereby concentrating channelling and turbulence of a main stream of the cooling fluid upon an inner surface of said leading edge wall, and to increase cooling performance at said leading edge wall beyond cooling performance at said first internal position.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
172 words
A gas turbine cooled blade having a cooling passage of an internal convective cooling arrangement which is defined by a leading edge wall, a suction side wall, a pressure side wall of a blade leading edge region, a first internal partition and a plurality of penetrating members disposed inside said cooling passage and extending from at least one of said suction side wall and said pressure side wall facing a flow of a cooling fluid, and said members being arranged densely in a line and being positioned closer to said first internal partition than to said leading edge wall in such a manner as to oppose the flow of the cooling fluid, thereby concentrating channelling and turbulence of a main stream of the cooling fluid upon an inner surface of said leading edge wall to incresase cooling performance at said leading edge wall above cooling performance at said first internal partition, and each of said penetrating members having both ends thereof fixed to said suction side wall and said pressure side wall.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
172 words
A gas turbine cooled blade having a cooling passage of an internal convective cooling arrangement which is defined by a leading edge wall, a suction side wall, a pressure side wall of a blade leading edge region, a first internal partition and a plurality of penetrating members disposed inside said cooling passage and extending from at least one of said suction side wall and said pressure side wall facing a flow of a cooling fluid, and said members being arranged densely in a line and being positioned closer to said first internal partition than to said leading edge wall in such a manner as to oppose the flow of the cooling fluid, thereby concentrating channelling and turbulence of a main stream of the cooling fluid upon an inner surface of said leading edge wall to incresase cooling performance at said leading edge wall above cooling performance at said first internal partition, and each of said penetrating members having both ends thereof fixed to said suction side wall and said pressure side wall.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
23 words
A gas turbine cooled blade according to claim 2, wherein said penetrating members have one of a circular and elliptic cross-sectional cylindrical shape.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
41 words
A gas turbine cooled blade according to claim 2, wherein said penetrating members have one of an elliptic and a blade-like cross-sectional cylindrical shape, and are disposed slantingly to guide the flow of said cooling fluid to said leading edge wall.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
196 words
A gas turbine cooled blade having a cooling passage of an internal convective cooling arrangement which is defined by a leading edge wall, a suction side wall and a pressure side wall of a blade leading edge region and by a first internal partition, and a plurality of projecting members disposed inside said cooling passage and extending from at least one of said suction side wall and said pressure side wall facing a flow of a cooling fluid, and said members being arranged densely in a line and being positioned closer to said first internal partition than to said leading edge wall in such a manner as to oppose the flow of the cooling fluid, thereby concentrating channelling and turbulence of a main stream of the cooling fluid upon an inner surface of said leading edge wall and increasing cooling performance at said leading edge wall above cooling performance at said first internal partition and to project from at least one of said suction side wall and said pressure side wall, and each of said projecting members having at least one of the ends thereof fixed to said suction side wall and said pressure side wall.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
196 words
A gas turbine cooled blade having a cooling passage of an internal convective cooling arrangement which is defined by a leading edge wall, a suction side wall and a pressure side wall of a blade leading edge region and by a first internal partition, and a plurality of projecting members disposed inside said cooling passage and extending from at least one of said suction side wall and said pressure side wall facing a flow of a cooling fluid, and said members being arranged densely in a line and being positioned closer to said first internal partition than to said leading edge wall in such a manner as to oppose the flow of the cooling fluid, thereby concentrating channelling and turbulence of a main stream of the cooling fluid upon an inner surface of said leading edge wall and increasing cooling performance at said leading edge wall above cooling performance at said first internal partition and to project from at least one of said suction side wall and said pressure side wall, and each of said projecting members having at least one of the ends thereof fixed to said suction side wall and said pressure side wall.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
24 words
A gas turbine cooled blade according to claim 5, wherein said projecting membr has one of a circular and an elliptic cross-sectional columnar shape.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
41 words
A gas turbine cooled blade according to claim 5 wherein said projecting member has one of an elliptic and a blade-like cross-sectional columnar shape, and is disposed slantingly to guide the flow of said cooling fluid to said leading edge wall.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
223 words
A gas turbine cooled blade having a cooling passage of an internal convective cooling arrangement which is defined by a leading edge wall, a suction side wall and a pressure side wall of a blade leading edge region and by a first internal partition. and a plurality of projecting members disposed inside said cooling passage and extending from at least one of said pressure side wall of a blade leading edge region and by a first internal partition, and a plurality of projecting members disposed inside said cooling passage and extending from at least one of said suction side wall and said pressure side wall facing a flow of a cooling fluid, and said members being arranged densely in a line and being positioned closer to said first internal partition than to said leading edge wall in such a manner as to oppose the flow of the cooling fluid, thereby concentrating channelling and turbulence of a main stream of the cooling fluid upon an inner surface of a main stream of the cooling fluid upon an inner surface of said leading edge wall and increasing cooling performance at said leading edge wall above cooling performance at said first internal partition and to project from said body side wall, and each member having one of the ends thereof fixed to said pressure side wall.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
223 words
A gas turbine cooled blade having a cooling passage of an internal convective cooling arrangement which is defined by a leading edge wall, a suction side wall and a pressure side wall of a blade leading edge region and by a first internal partition. and a plurality of projecting members disposed inside said cooling passage and extending from at least one of said pressure side wall of a blade leading edge region and by a first internal partition, and a plurality of projecting members disposed inside said cooling passage and extending from at least one of said suction side wall and said pressure side wall facing a flow of a cooling fluid, and said members being arranged densely in a line and being positioned closer to said first internal partition than to said leading edge wall in such a manner as to oppose the flow of the cooling fluid, thereby concentrating channelling and turbulence of a main stream of the cooling fluid upon an inner surface of a main stream of the cooling fluid upon an inner surface of said leading edge wall and increasing cooling performance at said leading edge wall above cooling performance at said first internal partition and to project from said body side wall, and each member having one of the ends thereof fixed to said pressure side wall.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
191 words
A gas turbine cooled blade having a cooling passage of an internal convective cooling arrangement which is defined by a leading edge wall, a suction side wall and a pressure side wall of a blade leading edge region and by a first internal partition, and a plurality of projecting members disposed inside said cooling passage and extending from at least one of said suction side wall and said pressure side wall facing a flow of cooling fluid, and said members being arranged densely in a line and being positioned closer to said first internal partition than to said leading edge wall in such a manner as to oppose the flow of the cooling fluid, thereby concentrating channelling and turbulence of a main stream of the cooling fluid upon an inner surface of said leading edge wall and increasing cooling performance at said leading edge wall above cooling performance at said first internal partition and to project from both of said suction side wall and said pressure side wall, and said members having at least one of the ends thereof fixed to said suction side wall and said pressure side wall, respectively.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
191 words
A gas turbine cooled blade having a cooling passage of an internal convective cooling arrangement which is defined by a leading edge wall, a suction side wall and a pressure side wall of a blade leading edge region and by a first internal partition, and a plurality of projecting members disposed inside said cooling passage and extending from at least one of said suction side wall and said pressure side wall facing a flow of cooling fluid, and said members being arranged densely in a line and being positioned closer to said first internal partition than to said leading edge wall in such a manner as to oppose the flow of the cooling fluid, thereby concentrating channelling and turbulence of a main stream of the cooling fluid upon an inner surface of said leading edge wall and increasing cooling performance at said leading edge wall above cooling performance at said first internal partition and to project from both of said suction side wall and said pressure side wall, and said members having at least one of the ends thereof fixed to said suction side wall and said pressure side wall, respectively.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
126 words
A gas turbine cooled blade having a cooling passage of an internal convective cooling arrangement defined by a leading edge wall, a suction side wall, a pressure side wall of a blade leading edge region, and a first internal partition, and a plurality of penetrating members disposed inside said cooling passage and extending from at least one of said suction side wall and said pressure wall facing a flow of a cooling fluid, and said members being arranged densely in a line and being positioned closer to said first internal partition than to said leading edge wall to oppose the flow of the cooling fluid, thereby concentrating channelling and turbulence of a main stream of the cooling fluid upon an inner surface of said leading edge.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
126 words
A gas turbine cooled blade having a cooling passage of an internal convective cooling arrangement defined by a leading edge wall, a suction side wall, a pressure side wall of a blade leading edge region, and a first internal partition, and a plurality of penetrating members disposed inside said cooling passage and extending from at least one of said suction side wall and said pressure wall facing a flow of a cooling fluid, and said members being arranged densely in a line and being positioned closer to said first internal partition than to said leading edge wall to oppose the flow of the cooling fluid, thereby concentrating channelling and turbulence of a main stream of the cooling fluid upon an inner surface of said leading edge.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
210 words
A gas turbine blade having a cooling passage of an internal convective cooling arrangement which is defined by a leading edge wall, a suction side wall, a pressure side wall of a blade leading edge region, a first internal partition, and a plurality of penetrating members disposed inside said cooling passage and extending from at least one of said suction side wall and said pressure side wall facing a flow of a cooling fluid, and said members being arranged densely in a line and being positioned closer to said first internal partition than to said leading edge wall in such a manner as to oppose the flow of the cooling fluid, thereby concentrating channelling and turbulence of a main stream of the cooling fluid upon an inner surface of said leading edge wall, and each of said penetrating members having both ends therof fixed to said suction side wall and said pressure side wall, wherein the transverse cross-sectional area of said penetrating members is from 20% to 50% of the transverse cross-sectional area of said cooling passage and the transverse cross-sectional area of the portion of said cooling passage between said members and said first internal partition is up to 20% of the transverse cross-sectional area of said cooling passage.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
210 words
A gas turbine blade having a cooling passage of an internal convective cooling arrangement which is defined by a leading edge wall, a suction side wall, a pressure side wall of a blade leading edge region, a first internal partition, and a plurality of penetrating members disposed inside said cooling passage and extending from at least one of said suction side wall and said pressure side wall facing a flow of a cooling fluid, and said members being arranged densely in a line and being positioned closer to said first internal partition than to said leading edge wall in such a manner as to oppose the flow of the cooling fluid, thereby concentrating channelling and turbulence of a main stream of the cooling fluid upon an inner surface of said leading edge wall, and each of said penetrating members having both ends therof fixed to said suction side wall and said pressure side wall, wherein the transverse cross-sectional area of said penetrating members is from 20% to 50% of the transverse cross-sectional area of said cooling passage and the transverse cross-sectional area of the portion of said cooling passage between said members and said first internal partition is up to 20% of the transverse cross-sectional area of said cooling passage.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
194 words
A gas turbine cooled blade having a cooling passage of an internal convective cooling arrangement which is defined by a leading edge wall, a suction side wall and a pressure side wall of a blade leading edge region and by a first internal partition, and a plurality of projecting members disposed inside said cooling passage and extending from at least one of said suction side wall and said pressure side wall facing a flow of a cooling fluid, and said members being arranged densely in a line and being postioned closer to said first internal partition than to said leading edge wall in such a manner as to oppose the flow of the cooling fluid, therby concentrating channelling and turbulence of a main stream of the cooling fluid upon an inner surface of said leading edge wall and to project from at least one of said suction side wall and said pressure side wall, and each of said projecting members having one of the ends thereof fixed to said suction side wall and said pressure side wall, wherein the length of said projecting is at least 50% of the distance to the opposed surface.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
194 words
A gas turbine cooled blade having a cooling passage of an internal convective cooling arrangement which is defined by a leading edge wall, a suction side wall and a pressure side wall of a blade leading edge region and by a first internal partition, and a plurality of projecting members disposed inside said cooling passage and extending from at least one of said suction side wall and said pressure side wall facing a flow of a cooling fluid, and said members being arranged densely in a line and being postioned closer to said first internal partition than to said leading edge wall in such a manner as to oppose the flow of the cooling fluid, therby concentrating channelling and turbulence of a main stream of the cooling fluid upon an inner surface of said leading edge wall and to project from at least one of said suction side wall and said pressure side wall, and each of said projecting members having one of the ends thereof fixed to said suction side wall and said pressure side wall, wherein the length of said projecting is at least 50% of the distance to the opposed surface.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
189 words
A gas turbine cooled blade having a cooling passage of an internal convective cooling arrangement which is defined by a leading edge wall, a rear side wall, a body side wall of a blade leading edge region, a first internal partition and a plurality of penetrating members disposed inside said cooling passage and extending from at least one of said rear side wall and said body side wall facing a flow of a cooling fluid, and said members being arranged densely in a line and being positioned closer to said first internal partition than to said leading edge wall in such a manner as to oppose the flow of the cooling fluid, thereby concentrating channelling and turbulence of main stream of the cooling fluid upon an inner surface of said leading edge wall and said members having both ends therof fixed to said rear side wall and said body side wall, and a plurality of rectifiction ribs being disposed at positions in an area adjacent and said penetrating members and adjacent to one another on a surface of said first internal partition and extending from said rear side wall.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
189 words
A gas turbine cooled blade having a cooling passage of an internal convective cooling arrangement which is defined by a leading edge wall, a rear side wall, a body side wall of a blade leading edge region, a first internal partition and a plurality of penetrating members disposed inside said cooling passage and extending from at least one of said rear side wall and said body side wall facing a flow of a cooling fluid, and said members being arranged densely in a line and being positioned closer to said first internal partition than to said leading edge wall in such a manner as to oppose the flow of the cooling fluid, thereby concentrating channelling and turbulence of main stream of the cooling fluid upon an inner surface of said leading edge wall and said members having both ends therof fixed to said rear side wall and said body side wall, and a plurality of rectifiction ribs being disposed at positions in an area adjacent and said penetrating members and adjacent to one another on a surface of said first internal partition and extending from said rear side wall.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
203 words
A gas turbine cooled blade having a cooling passage of an internal convective cooling arrangement which is defined by a leading edge wall, a rear side wall, a body side wall of a blade leading edge region, a first internal partition and a plurality of projecting members disposed inside said cooling passage and extending from at least one of said rear side wall and said body side wall facing a flow of a cooling fluid, and said members being arranged densely in a line and being positioned closer to said first internal partition in such a manner as to oppose the flow of the cooling fluid, thereby concentrating channelling and turbulence of a main stream of the cooling fluid upon an inner surface of said leading edge wall and to project from at least one of said rear side wall and said body side wall and said members having one of the ends thereof fixed to said rear side wall or said body side wall, and a plurality of rectification ribs disposed at positions in an area adjacent and between said projecting members and adjacent to one another on a surface of said first internal partition and extending from said rear side wall.
Claim 24
Dependent Claim
203 words
A gas turbine cooled blade having a cooling passage of an internal convective cooling arrangement which is defined by a leading edge wall, a rear side wall, a body side wall of a blade leading edge region, a first internal partition and a plurality of projecting members disposed inside said cooling passage and extending from at least one of said rear side wall and said body side wall facing a flow of a cooling fluid, and said members being arranged densely in a line and being positioned closer to said first internal partition in such a manner as to oppose the flow of the cooling fluid, thereby concentrating channelling and turbulence of a main stream of the cooling fluid upon an inner surface of said leading edge wall and to project from at least one of said rear side wall and said body side wall and said members having one of the ends thereof fixed to said rear side wall or said body side wall, and a plurality of rectification ribs disposed at positions in an area adjacent and between said projecting members and adjacent to one another on a surface of said first internal partition and extending from said rear side wall.
Claim 25
Dependent Claim
179 words
A gas turbine cooled blade having cooling passage means for internal convective cooling of said blade, said cooling passage means comprising in the leading edge region a leading edge wall, a rear side wall, a body side wall, and an internal partition, and means disposed in a line along a direction of main stream flow of a cooling fluid, and closer to said internal partition than to said leading edge wall, in said cooling passage means to cool said blade by internal convective than to said leading edge wall for opposing the flow of the cooling fluid and thereby concentrating channelling and turbulence of the main stream of the cooling fluid upon an inner surface of said leading edge wall while restraining cooling of said internal partition, wherein the flow opposing means are arranged densely in the line along the cooling fluid main stream flow, and said flow opposing means have cross-sectional areas which increase to a maximum at around the center of blade height and decrease in the direction of the blade root and of the blade tip.
Claim 26
Dependent Claim
179 words
A gas turbine cooled blade having cooling passage means for internal convective cooling of said blade, said cooling passage means comprising in the leading edge region a leading edge wall, a rear side wall, a body side wall, and an internal partition, and means disposed in a line along a direction of main stream flow of a cooling fluid, and closer to said internal partition than to said leading edge wall, in said cooling passage means to cool said blade by internal convective than to said leading edge wall for opposing the flow of the cooling fluid and thereby concentrating channelling and turbulence of the main stream of the cooling fluid upon an inner surface of said leading edge wall while restraining cooling of said internal partition, wherein the flow opposing means are arranged densely in the line along the cooling fluid main stream flow, and said flow opposing means have cross-sectional areas which increase to a maximum at around the center of blade height and decrease in the direction of the blade root and of the blade tip.
Claim 27
Dependent Claim
206 words
A gas turbine cooled blade having cooling passage means for internal convective cooling of said blade, said cooling passage means comprising in the leading edge region a leading edge wall, a rear side wall, a body side wall, and an internal partition, and means disposed in a line along a direction of main stream flow of a cooling fluid, and closer to said internal partition than to said leading edge wall, in said cooling passage means to cool said blade by internal convective than to said leading edge wall for opposing the flow of the cooling fluid and thereby concentrating channelling and turbulence of the main stream of the cooling fluid upon an inner surface of said leading edge wall while restraining cooling of said internal partition, wherein the flow opposing means are arranged densely in the line along the cooling fluid main stream flow, and said flow opposing means have cross-sectional areas in the direction transverse to blade height of between 20% to 50% of an area of said cooling passage means transverse to blade height, and the area of the cooling passage means between said flow opposing means and said internal partition is up to 20% of the area of said cooling passage means.
Claim 28
Dependent Claim
206 words
A gas turbine cooled blade having cooling passage means for internal convective cooling of said blade, said cooling passage means comprising in the leading edge region a leading edge wall, a rear side wall, a body side wall, and an internal partition, and means disposed in a line along a direction of main stream flow of a cooling fluid, and closer to said internal partition than to said leading edge wall, in said cooling passage means to cool said blade by internal convective than to said leading edge wall for opposing the flow of the cooling fluid and thereby concentrating channelling and turbulence of the main stream of the cooling fluid upon an inner surface of said leading edge wall while restraining cooling of said internal partition, wherein the flow opposing means are arranged densely in the line along the cooling fluid main stream flow, and said flow opposing means have cross-sectional areas in the direction transverse to blade height of between 20% to 50% of an area of said cooling passage means transverse to blade height, and the area of the cooling passage means between said flow opposing means and said internal partition is up to 20% of the area of said cooling passage means.
Claim 29
Dependent Claim
173 words
A gas turbine cooled blade having cooling passage means for internal convective cooling of said blade, said cooling passage means comprising in the leading edge region a leading edge wall, a rear side wall, a body side wall, and an internal partition, and means disposed in a line along a direction of main stream flow of a cooling fluid, and closer to said internal partition than to said leading edge wall, in said cooling passage means to cool said blade by internal convective than to said leading edge wall for opposing the flow of the cooling fluid and thereby concentrating channelling and turbulence of the main stream of the cooling fluid upon an inner surface of said leading edge wall while restraining cooling of said internal partition, wherein the flow opposing means are arranged densely in the line along the cooling fluid main stream flow, and said flow opposing means have a length in the direction between the rear side wall and body side wall of at least 50% of the distance therebetween.
Claim 30
Dependent Claim
173 words
A gas turbine cooled blade having cooling passage means for internal convective cooling of said blade, said cooling passage means comprising in the leading edge region a leading edge wall, a rear side wall, a body side wall, and an internal partition, and means disposed in a line along a direction of main stream flow of a cooling fluid, and closer to said internal partition than to said leading edge wall, in said cooling passage means to cool said blade by internal convective than to said leading edge wall for opposing the flow of the cooling fluid and thereby concentrating channelling and turbulence of the main stream of the cooling fluid upon an inner surface of said leading edge wall while restraining cooling of said internal partition, wherein the flow opposing means are arranged densely in the line along the cooling fluid main stream flow, and said flow opposing means have a length in the direction between the rear side wall and body side wall of at least 50% of the distance therebetween.
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