Turbine Cooling Tech Questions

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Blackbird
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Turbine Cooling Tech Questions

Wed Jan 24, 2007 10:42 am

Was some turbine cooling technology patented? For example GE's J-93 first turbine stage featured hollow with holes drilled in the rear of the blades, and GE-used this in later designs.

BTW: While not turbine cooling related, I felt like asking anyway-- was variable stators ever patented?

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RE: Turbine Cooling Tech Questions

Wed Jan 24, 2007 11:18 am

You may find info at the USPTO

http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-P...AND+cooling&RS=turbine+AND+cooling
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grandtheftaero
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RE: Turbine Cooling Tech Questions

Thu Jan 25, 2007 1:11 am

Quoting Blackbird (Thread starter):
was variable stators ever patented?

According to About.com, Gerhard Neumann of GE was awarded 8 patents for inventing variable stator vanes. Those patents were either very loosely worded or have long since expired since Pratt and Whitney uses VSVs too. I think Roll-Royce even tried them out once but proved to themselves that and extra spool was the way to go for operability. Even Chrysler used variable stators in their turbine-powered car. Today high end turbochargers have variable vane geometry, too
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RE: Turbine Cooling Tech Questions

Thu Jan 25, 2007 2:17 am

When did Gerhard Neumann get his patents, and when was the first time Pratt used Variable Guide-Vanes?

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grandtheftaero
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RE: Turbine Cooling Tech Questions

Thu Jan 25, 2007 4:05 am

The J79 was the first engine to use VSVs and it was a 1950s era engine so I assume the patents were awarded around that time.

I don't know enough about PW to tell you about their use of VSVs. Maybe a Google search will turn up something.
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TimT
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RE: Turbine Cooling Tech Questions

Fri Jan 26, 2007 3:30 pm

I can't say anything about all of the RR engines, but the RB-211-22B uses VSV's. I used to climb in the cold stream duct to adjust them.
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