Turbine blade wall section cooled by an impact flow

• US 6,439,846 B1
• Filed: 04/10/2000
• Issued: 08/27/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 07/03/1997
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Alstom SA
• Original Assignee: Alstom SA
• Inventors: Tarada, Fathi, Hocker, Rainer, Anderson, Gordon, Weigand, Bernhard, Ferber, Jorgen
• Primary Examiner(s): Kwon, John
• Application Number:
  US09/446,949
• Time in Patent Office: 869 Days
• Field of Search: 416/96.R, 416/96.A
• US Class Current: 416/96.00R
• CPC Class Codes: F01D 5/187 Convection cooling
• CPC Class Codes: F05D 2260/201 by impingement of a fluid
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 50/60 Efficient propulsion technologies, e.g. for aircraft

Abstract

The invention relates to an impact flow for wall sections including a plurality of impact openings which are arranged on a plane in a flat or curved support. The support is fitted it a distance from the wall section, and the impact surface of the wall section that is to be cooled is configured as a bulged relief. The bulge elements are arranged around the impact surface of the impact beam. The surfaces of the bulge elements facing the impact beam include two curves which blend into one another.

Claims

1. An arrangement for a wall section to be impacted by an impact stream, said arrangement comprising:

a plurality of impact openings arranged on a plane in a flat or curved support, with said support being arranged at a distance from the wall section;

wherein the wall section includes an impact surface to be cooled or heated and is constructed as a relief with bulge elements, wherein the bulge elements are rotationally symmetric bodies whose forming curve includes first and second curvature sections that merge with each other; and

wherein the bulge elements are arranged around the impact surface of the impact stream.

2. The arrangement as claimed in claim 1, wherein said first curvature section ends at the impact surface of the wall section, said first curvature section having an angle which forms a circle segment having a radius, whereby the circle segment approaches at least approximately a curve of the form x=y.

3. The arrangement as claimed in claim 1, wherein said second curvature section has a radius which extends between two of said first curvature sections and has at an intersecting point between the first and second curvature sections, a mutual tangent that forms an angle with respect to a direction normal to the plane of the wall section.

4. The arrangement as claimed in claim 1, wherein each of said bulge elements comprises a base, and wherein the size of each base is such that the bases of adjoining bulge elements touch each other.

5. The arrangement as claimed in claim 3, wherein the uppermost points of the bulge elements are connected with the support.

6. The arrangement as claimed in claim 1, wherein the wall section to be cooled or heated is constructed together with the bulge elements as a cast part.

7. The arrangement as claimed in claim 1, wherein the bulge elements are distributed symmetrically around the impact stream.