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US 10,329,921 B2Granted
Cooling configuration for a component
AssigneeUnited Technologies Corporation
InventorsThomas N. Slavens, Carey Clum
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Abstract
A component includes at least one thermal riser that extends from an exterior surface of the component. At least one cooling passage extends through a wall and adjoins an interior cooling passage and provides an exterior surface. At least one cooling passage is configured to direct cooling fluid through the wall adjacent to at least one thermocouple.
Claims19
A component comprising:
- at least one thermal riser with an embedded temperature measurement device extending from an exterior surface of the component;
- and
- at least one cooling passage extending through a wall adjoining an interior cooling passage and the exterior surface, wherein the at least one cooling passage is configured to direct cooling fluid through the wall adjacent the at least one thermal riser, the at least one cooling passage includes a curvature in a radial direction and a curvature in an axial direction a first cooling passage extending radially inward and a second cooling passage extending radially outward.
A gas turbine engine comprising:
- a combustor section;
- a component located downstream of the combustor section comprising:
- at least one thermal riser with an embedded temperature measurement device extending from a leading edge of an exterior surface of the component;
- and
- at least one cooling passage extending through a wall adjoining an interior cooling passage and the leading edge, wherein the at least one cooling passage is configured to direct cooling fluid through the wall adjacent the at least one thermal riser, the at least one cooling passage includes a curvature in a radial direction and a curvature in an axial direction a first cooling passage extending radially inward and a second cooling passage extending radially outward.
2 more elements
A method of cooling a component comprising:
- directing a cooling fluid through at least one non-linear cooling passage in an exterior wall of a component adjacent a thermal riser, wherein a temperature measurement device is surrounded by the thermal riser and the thermal riser projects outwardly from a leading edge of the component;
- and
- directing the cooling fluid through a film cooling hole of the at least one non-linear cooling passage away from the thermal riser.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.