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US 10,378,362 B2Granted
Gas turbine engine component cooling channels
AssigneeUnited Technologies Corporation
InventorsScott H. Lamson, Andrew D. Milliken
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Abstract
A component according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a wall, a first channel extending at least partially through the wall to a first outlet, and a second channel adjacent to the first channel and extending to a second outlet. The first channel is configured to communicate a cooling fluid along a first swirl flow path and the second channel is configured to communicate the cooling fluid along a second swirl flow path that is opposite the first swirl flow path.
Claims11
A component, comprising:
- a wall;
- a first channel extending at least partially through said wall from a first inlet to a first outlet along a first axis;
- a second channel adjacent to said first channel and extending from a second inlet to a second outlet along a second axis;
- said first channel configured to communicate a cooling fluid along a first swirl flow path and said second channel configured to communicate said cooling fluid along a second swirl flow path that is opposite said first swirl flow path;
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- wherein each of said first channel and said second channel include a plurality of twists that twist multiple full rotations about said respective first and second axes, and said respective first and second axes extend through and intersect a length of a respective one of said plurality of twists.
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A gas turbine engine, comprising:
- a component that extends into a core flow path of said gas turbine engine, wherein said component includes a cooling system having:
- a first channel configured to communicate a cooling fluid along a first axis with a first swirl flow path;
- a second channel configured to communicate said cooling fluid along a second axis with a second swirl flow path that is opposite said first swirl flow path;
- wherein each of said first channel and said second channel include a plurality of twists that twist multiple full rotations about said respective first and second axes, and said respective first and second axes extend through and intersect a length of a respective one of said plurality of twists.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.