Abstract: A turbine airfoil includes a trailing edge coolant cavity between a pressure sidewall and a suction sidewall. The trailing edge coolant cavity is positioned adjacent to and extending out to a trailing edge of the turbine airfoil. The interior includes an internal arrangement comprising an array of discrete fins formed aft of the trailing edge coolant cavity along the trailing edge.

Abstract: An integrated airfoil and platform cooling system (30) for a turbine rotor blade (10) includes an inlet (38, 48) located at the root (24) for receiving a supply of a coolant (K), and at least one cooling leg (32a, 32c, 42a, 42c) fluidly connected to the inlet (38, 48) and configured for conducting the coolant (K) in a radially outboard direction. The cooling leg (32a, 32c, 42a, 42c) is defined at least partially by a span-wise extending internal cavity (26) within a blade airfoil (12). An entrance of the cooling leg (32a, 32c, 42a, 42c) comprises a flow passage (92, 102) that extends radially outboard and laterally into a blade platform (50), so as to direct a radially outboard flowing coolant (K) to impinge on an inner side (60) of a radially outer surface (52) of the blade platform (50), before leading the coolant (K) into the cooling leg (32a, 32c, 42a, 42c).

Abstract: A turbine airfoil includes a trailing edge coolant cavity between a pressure sidewall and a suction sidewall. The trailing edge coolant cavity is positioned adjacent to and extending out to a trailing edge of the turbine airfoil. The interior includes an internal arrangement comprising an array of discrete fins formed aft of the trailing edge coolant cavity along the trailing edge.

Abstract: A core structure (10) includes a first core element (16) including a leading edge section (30), a tip section (32), and a turn section (34) joining the leading edge and tip sections (30, 32). The first core element (16) is adapted to be used to form a leading edge cooling circuit (102) in a gas turbine engine airfoil (100). The leading edge cooling circuit (102) includes a cooling fluid passage (104) having a leading edge portion (106) formed by the first core element leading edge section (30), a tip portion (108) formed by the first core element tip section (32), and a turn portion (110) formed by the first core element turn section (34). Each of the leading edge portion (106), the tip portion (108), and the turn portion (110) of the cooling fluid passage (104) are formed concurrently in the airfoil (100) by the first core element (16).

Abstract: An integrated airfoil and platform cooling system (30) for a turbine rotor blade (10) includes an inlet (38, 48) located at the root (24) for receiving a supply of a coolant (K), and at least one cooling leg (32a, 32c, 42a, 42c) fluidly connected to the inlet (38, 48) and configured for conducting the coolant (K) in a radially outboard direction. The cooling leg (32a, 32c, 42a, 42c) is defined at least partially by a span-wise extending internal cavity (26) within a blade airfoil (12). An entrance of the cooling leg (32a, 32c, 42a, 42c) comprises a flow passage (92, 102) that extends radially outboard and laterally into a blade platform (50), so as to direct a radially outboard flowing coolant (K) to impinge on an inner side (60) of a radially outer surface (52) of the blade platform (50), before leading the coolant (K) into the cooling leg (32a, 32c, 42a, 42c).

Abstract: An airfoil (10) for a gas turbine engine in which the airfoil (10) includes an internal cooling system (14) with one or more internal cavities having an insert (18) contained within an aft cooling cavity (76) to form nearwall cooling channels having enhanced flow patterns is disclosed. The flow of cooling fluids in the nearwall cooling channels may be controlled via a plurality of cooling fluid flow controllers (22) extending from the outer wall (24) forming the generally hollow elongated airfoil (26). The cooling fluid flow controllers (22) may be collected into spanwise extending rows. In at least one embodiment, the cooling fluid flow controllers (22) may be positioned within a pressure side nearwall cooling channel (48) and a suction side nearwall cooling channel (50) that are both in fluid communication with a trailing edge channel (30). The trailing edge channel (30) may also include cooling fluid flow controllers (22) extending between the outer walls (12, 13) forming the pressure and suction sides.

Abstract: A cooling system (10) for a turbine airfoil (12) of a turbine engine having one or more mid-chord cooling channels (16) that extend through both the airfoil (32) and a platform (18) of the airfoil (12) to provide adequate cooling the platform (18) while cooling the airfoil (32) is disclosed. The mid-chord cooling channel (16) may be formed from an airfoil portion (20) extending generally spanwise within the airfoil (32) and a platform portion (22) extending into a platform (18) of the airfoil (12) with a larger cross-sectional area than a cross-sectional area of the airfoil portion (20). The mid-chord cooling channel (16) may also extend into the platform (18) of the airfoil (12) a distance laterally outside of a silhouette (60) of the airfoil (32) defined by the leading edge (24), trailing edge (26), pressure side (28) and suction side (30) of the airfoil (32). Thus, the mid-chord cooling channel (16) extends laterally into the platform (18) to provide adequate cooling the platform (18).

Abstract: A core structure (10) includes a first core element (16) including a leading edge section (30), a tip section (32), and a turn section (34) joining the leading edge and tip sections (30, 32). The first core element (16) is adapted to be used to form a leading edge cooling circuit (102) in a gas turbine engine airfoil (100). The leading edge cooling circuit (102) includes a cooling fluid passage (104) having a leading edge portion (106) formed by the first core element leading edge section (30), a tip portion (108) formed by the first core element tip section (32), and a turn portion (110) formed by the first core element turn section (34). Each of the leading edge portion (106), the tip portion (108), and the turn portion (110) of the cooling fluid passage (104) are formed concurrently in the airfoil (100) by the first core element (16).

Abstract: An airfoil (10) for a gas turbine engine in which the airfoil (10) includes an internal cooling system (14) with one or more internal cavities having an insert (18) contained within an aft cooling cavity (76) to form nearwall cooling channels having enhanced flow patterns is disclosed. The flow of cooling fluids in the nearwall cooling channels may be controlled via a plurality of cooling fluid flow controllers (22) extending from the outer wall (24) forming the generally hollow elongated airfoil (26). The cooling fluid flow controllers (22) may be collected into spanwise extending rows. In at least one embodiment, the cooling fluid flow controllers (22) may be positioned within a pressure side nearwall cooling channel (48) and a suction side nearwall cooling channel (50) that are both in fluid communication with a trailing edge channel (30). The trailing edge channel (30) may also include cooling fluid flow controllers (22) extending between the outer walls (12, 13) forming the pressure and suction sides.