Research/Patents/US 4798515
US 4798515Tier 3 — General Defense

VARIABLE NOZZLE AREA TURBINE VANE COOLING

Assignee

US Government

Filed as: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, THE, AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY OF THE AIR FORCE

Filed

May 19, 1986

Granted

Jan 17, 1989

Location

CINCINNATI OH US

Abstract

The cooling insert for a movable vane in a jet engine is divided into plural overlapping forward and aft segregated members, each member being coolant fed through separate vane trunnion areas and each insert is of successively decreasing cross-sectional area. Problems of locally inadequate vane cooling, coolant match point movement, and unequal coolant supply pressures are addressed by the disclosed apparatus. Reuse of the trunnion supplied impingement cooling air for additional cooling functions is also disclosed.

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35 USC §181 Secrecy Order

Imposed

Nov 13, 1986

Rescinded

Sep 16, 1987

Duration

10 months

Inventor

  • 1EDWARD S. HSIA

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