MODULATED TURBINE COOLING SYSTEM

• Main Authors: KIRK JOEL FRANCIS, HUNTER SCOTT DAVID, STOVER CURTIS WALTON, MELZAK MICHAEL ROBERT, RAHAIM JOHN JOSEPH, FUSINATO DANIEL JOHN
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 11.02.2016
• Subjects: BLASTING; ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL; HEATING; LIGHTING; MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; NON-POSITIVE DISPLACEMENT MACHINES OR ENGINES, e.g. STEAMTURBINES; STEAM ENGINES; WEAPONS

A flow transfer apparatus for transferring cooling flow from a primary gas flowpath to a turbine rotor. The apparatus includes a first supply plenum communicating with the primary gas flowpath and first inducers, the first inducers configured to accelerate a first fluid flow from the first supply pl...