Coolant passages for gas turbine components
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Jun 5, 2001
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Sep 23, 1999
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Oct 6, 1998
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A gas turbine engine component, typically either a turbine blade or vane or combustor, comprising a wall (40) with a first surface (39) which is adapted to be supplied with a flow of cooling air, and a second surface (38) which is adapted to be exposed to a hot gas stream (50). The wall (40) further having defined therein a plurality of passages (57), the passages (57) defined by passage walls (54), which interconnect a passage inlet (31) in said first surface (39) to a passage outlet (32) in said the second surface (38). The passages (57), cooling air and the hot gas stream (50) arranged such that in operation a flow (52) of cooling air is directed through said passages (57) to provide a flow (36) of cooling air over at least a portion of the second surface (39). The cross sectional area of each of the passages (57) progressively decreasing overall, in the direction of cooling air flow (52) through the passage (57), such that in use the flow of cooling air (52) through the passage (57) is accelerated. The passage walls (54) of the cooling passages (57) preferably diverging laterally across the wall (40) of the component whilst perpendicular to the wall (40) they converge so that overall the cross-sectional area decreases.
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