Air cooled bucket for a turbine
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsIan Reeves, Daniel Tragesser
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AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsIan Reeves, Daniel Tragesser
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A bucket for a turbine is described. The bucket includes a dovetail portion configured to couple the bucket to a turbine wheel, the dovetail portion having a lower surface. The bucket also includes a shank portion that extends from the dovetail portion and an airfoil having a root and a tip portion, an airfoil shape, and a nominal profile substantially in accordance with Cartesian coordinate values of X, Y, and Z set forth in Table I. The bucket also includes a plurality of cooling passages. The plurality includes no more than five cooling passages that extend between the root and the tip portion of the airfoil. Each of the cooling passages exits the airfoil at the tip portion, the plurality of cooling passages are positioned in a camber line pattern.
A bucket for a turbine, said bucket comprising:
A gas turbine engine comprising:
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