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US 2020/0003120 A1Published application
Engine component
AssigneeUnited Technologies Corporation
InventorBenjamin Heneveld
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Abstract
A combustion engine component is disclosed. The combustion engine component comprises a body that includes a first surface in operative thermal communication with a hot combustion gas, and a second surface in operative fluid communication with a cooling fluid. Also, as disclosed in greater detail below, the second surface includes a first surface contour feature configured to increase a contact angle of a liquid on the second surface.
Claims20
A combustion engine component, comprising:
- a body comprising a first surface in operative thermal communication with a hot combustion gas, and a second surface in operative fluid communication with a cooling fluid,
- wherein the second surface includes a first surface contour feature configured to increase a contact angle of a liquid on the second surface.
A gas turbine engine, comprising:
- a combustor, a turbine, and a compressor in operative communication;
- a hot gas flow path for combustion gas produced in the combustor;
- a gas turbine engine component comprising:
- a body comprising a first surface in operative thermal communication with the hot gas flow path, and a second surface in operative fluid communication with a cooling fluid,
- wherein the second surface includes a first surface contour feature configured to increase a contact angle of a liquid on the first surface.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.