IP Library Granted Patent US 8,079,812
Granted Patent B2
US 8,079,812 · App. 12/092,195 · Granted Dec 20, 2011

Turbine component

Assignee: IHI Corporation
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Patent No.
US 8,079,812
App. No.
12/092,195
Granted
Dec 20, 2011
Kind
B2
Abstract

A plurality of film cooling holes 13 is formed at regions exposed to a hot gas in a turbine component main body 3 , each of the film cooling holes 13 is comprised of a straight hole portion 15 formed at a portion at a side of an inner wall surface 5 a of the turbine component main body 3 and a diverging hole portion 17 formed at a portion at a side of an outer wall surface 5 b of the turbine component main body 3 , and further each of the film cooling holes 13 is so constituted that an outlet surface 17 p of the diverging hole portion 17 from a center portion to both end sides in a lateral direction L 3 gradually to a great extent leans toward a downstream side of the hot gas on the basis of a hypothetical plane VP parallel to two directions of an axial center direction L 2 and a lateral direction L 3 of the straight hole portion 15.

Claims (7)

1. A turbine component used in a gas turbine engine, the turbine component comprising:

a turbine component main body; and

a plurality of film cooling holes formed at regions exposed to a hot gas in the turbine component main body, the film cooling holes expel cooling air, which is introduced from a side of an inner wall surface of the turbine component main body, along an outer wall surface of the turbine component main body, each of the film cooling holes comprising:

a straight hole portion formed in a portion of the turbine component at the side of the inner wall surface so constituted that a cross section of the straight hole portion is substantially uniform in shape along a thickness direction of the turbine component main body, and

a diverging hole portion continuous to the straight hole portion so constituted that a cross section of the diverging hole portion gradually broadens toward the side of the outer wall surface, the diverging hole portion having an outlet surface at a downstream side of the hot gas, wherein

each of the film cooling holes is so constituted that the outlet surface of the diverging hole portion from a center portion to both end sides gradually leans toward the downstream side of the hot gas on the basis of a hypothetical plane parallel to two directions of an axial center direction and a lateral direction of the straight hole portion, and

each of the film cooling holes is so constituted that the outlet surface of the diverging hole portion leans toward an upstream side of the hot gas at a center in the lateral direction on the basis of the hypothetical plane.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 30, 2008
From: OKITA, YOJI
To: IHI CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 020880/0309 →
Continuity (1)
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