Patents by Inventor Soumyik Kumar Bhaumik
Soumyik Kumar Bhaumik has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Patent number: 10815808Abstract: Embodiments of the invention relate generally to rotary machines and, more particularly, to the cooling of at least portions of a turbine bucket. In one embodiment, the invention provides a method of cooling at least a portion of a turbine bucket, the method comprising: during operation of a turbine, altering a swirl velocity of purge air between a platform lip extending axially from the platform and an angel wing extending axially from a face of a shank portion of the turbine bucket, wherein altering the swirl velocity of the purge air includes interrupting a flow of the purge air with a plurality of turbulators disposed along at least one of a radially inner surface of the platform lip or the face of the shank portion.Type: GrantFiled: July 22, 2016Date of Patent: October 27, 2020Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Rohit Chouhan, Soumyik Kumar Bhaumik
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Patent number: 10626727Abstract: Embodiments of the invention relate generally to rotary machines and, more particularly, to the control of wheel space purge air in gas turbines. In one embodiment, the invention provides a turbine bucket comprising: a platform portion; an airfoil extending radially outward from the platform portion; a shank portion extending radially inward from the platform portion; an angel wing extending axially from a face of the shank portion; and a plurality of voids disposed along a length of the angel wing, each of the plurality of voids extending radially through the angel wing.Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 2015Date of Patent: April 21, 2020Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Rohit Chouhan, Soumyik Kumar Bhaumik, Clint Luigie Ingram
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Patent number: 10619484Abstract: Embodiments of the invention relate generally to rotary machines and, more particularly, to the cooling of at least portions of a turbine bucket. In one embodiment, the invention provides a method of cooling at least a portion of a turbine bucket, the method comprising: during operation of a turbine, altering a swirl velocity of purge air beneath a platform lip extending axially from the platform, wherein altering the swirl velocity of the purge air includes interrupting a flow of the purge air with a plurality of voids disposed along a length of an angel wing extending axially from a face of a shank portion of the turbine bucket.Type: GrantFiled: July 22, 2016Date of Patent: April 14, 2020Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Rohit Chouhan, Soumyik Kumar Bhaumik, Clint Luigie Ingram
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Patent number: 10590774Abstract: Embodiments of the invention relate generally to rotary machines and, more particularly, to the control of wheel space purge air in gas turbines. In one embodiment, the invention provides a turbine bucket comprising: a platform portion; an airfoil extending radially outward from the platform portion; a platform lip extending axially from the platform portion; and a plurality of voids disposed along a surface of the platform lip.Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 2015Date of Patent: March 17, 2020Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Rohit Chouhan, Soumyik Kumar Bhaumik
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Patent number: 10544695Abstract: Embodiments of the invention relate generally to rotary machines and, more particularly, to the control of wheel space purge flow in gas turbines. In one embodiment, the invention provides a turbine bucket comprising: a platform portion; an airfoil extending radially outward from the platform portion; a shank portion extending radially inward from the platform portion; at least one angel wing extending axially from a face of the shank portion; a platform lip extending axially from the platform portion, the platform lip disposed radially outward from the at least one angel wing; and a plurality of turbulators disposed along and extending outward from the face of the shank portion between the platform lip and the at least one angel wing.Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 2015Date of Patent: January 28, 2020Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Rohit Chouhan, Soumyik Kumar Bhaumik
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Patent number: 10323528Abstract: A turbine nozzle disposed in a turbine includes a suction side extending between a leading edge of the nozzle and a trailing edge of the turbine nozzle in an axial direction and transverse to a longitudinal axis of the turbine nozzle, and extending a height of the nozzle in a radial direction along the longitudinal axis, a pressure side disposed opposite the suction side and extending between the leading edge of the turbine nozzle and the trailing edge of the turbine nozzle in the axial direction, and extending the height of the nozzle in the radial direction, and a bulge disposed on the suction side of the nozzle protruding relative to the other portion of the suction side in a direction transverse to a both the radial and axial directions.Type: GrantFiled: July 1, 2015Date of Patent: June 18, 2019Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Soumyik Kumar Bhaumik, Rohit Chouhan
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Patent number: 9988917Abstract: A turbine nozzle disposed in a turbine includes a suction side having a bulge, and a pressure side. The suction side and the pressure side extend opposite one another between a leading edge and a trailing edge in an axial direction transverse to a longitudinal axis of the turbine nozzle, and extends a radial direction along the longitudinal axis. The bulge is disposed on the suction side protruding relative to the other portion of the suction side in a direction transverse to both the radial and axial directions. The turbine nozzle has a first periphery defined at a first cross-section at a first location along the height of the turbine nozzle by selected coordinate sets listed in Table 1.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 2015Date of Patent: June 5, 2018Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Soumyik Kumar Bhaumik, Rohit Chouhan
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Publication number: 20170175557Abstract: A gas turbine having a seal sealing a trench cavity defined between a stator inboard face and rotor inboard face. The seal may include a stator overhang that extends axially toward the rotor inboard face. The stator overhang may include an overhang topside, an overhang underside, and an overhang face that is defined therebetween. The trench cavity seal may include a platform lip extending axially from the rotor inboard face toward the stator inboard face and circumferentially spaced turbulators extending axially from the rotor inboard face. An outboard edge and an inboard edge of the stator overhang axially jut such that, therebetween, a recessed pocket on the overhang face is formed. The platform lip may radially overlaps the recessed pocket on the overhang face so to form a multiple switch-back flowpath.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2015Publication date: June 22, 2017Inventors: Rohit Chouhan, Manjunath Bangalore Chengappa, Soumyik Kumar Bhaumik
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Publication number: 20170130596Abstract: A gas turbine includes a turbine and an axial-radial diffuser. The turbine includes a last stage airfoil section, which includes a first inner annular wall, a plurality of airfoils, a tip shroud including a first outer annular wall, and a stationary shroud including a second outer annular wall. The first inner annular wall is angled at a first inner angle average, the first outer annular wall is angled at a first outer angle average, and the second outer annular wall is angled at a second outer angle average. The axial-radial diffuser includes a third inner annular wall and a third outer annular wall, wherein the first diffuser section is disposed immediately downstream from the last stage airfoil section, wherein the third inner annular wall is angled at a third inner angle average, and the third outer annular wall is angled at a third outer angle average.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 11, 2015Publication date: May 11, 2017Inventors: Soumyik Kumar Bhaumik, Gunnar Leif Siden, Deepesh Nanda, Rohit Chouhan
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Publication number: 20170130587Abstract: A system includes a turbine airfoil configured to be disposed in a turbine. The airfoil includes a suction side, a pressure side, and a first protrusion disposed on the suction side, a second protrusion disposed on the pressure side, or both. The suction side extends between a leading edge of the turbine airfoil and a trailing edge of the turbine airfoil in an axial direction and transverse to a longitudinal axis of the turbine airfoil, and extends a height of the turbine airfoil in a radial direction along the longitudinal axis. The pressure side is disposed opposite the suction side and extends between the leading edge of the turbine airfoil and the trailing edge of the turbine airfoil in the axial direction, and extends the height of the airfoil in the radial direction. The first protrusion is disposed on the suction side of the turbine airfoil and protrudes relative to the other portion of the suction side in a first direction transverse to both the radial and axial directions.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 9, 2015Publication date: May 11, 2017Inventors: Soumyik Kumar Bhaumik, Brian Denver Potter, Rohit Chouhan, Georgia Fleming Brunt
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Publication number: 20170107835Abstract: A turbine nozzle configured to be disposed in a turbine includes a suction side, a pressure side, and a bulge disposed on the suction side. The suction side extends between a leading edge and a trailing edge in an axial direction and transverse to a longitudinal axis of the turbine nozzle, and extends a height of the turbine nozzle in a radial direction along the longitudinal axis. The pressure side is disposed opposite the suction side and extends between the leading edge of the turbine nozzle and the trailing edge of the turbine nozzle in the axial direction, and extends the height of the turbine nozzle in the radial direction. The bulge is disposed on the suction side protruding relative to the other portion of the suction side in a direction transverse to both the radial and axial directions. The turbine nozzle has a first periphery defined at a first cross-section at a first location along the height of the turbine nozzle by selected coordinate sets listed in Table 1.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 15, 2015Publication date: April 20, 2017Inventors: Soumyik Kumar Bhaumik, Rohit Chouhan
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Publication number: 20170002670Abstract: A turbine nozzle disposed in a turbine includes a suction side extending between a leading edge of the nozzle and a trailing edge of the turbine nozzle in an axial direction and transverse to a longitudinal axis of the turbine nozzle, and extending a height of the nozzle in a radial direction along the longitudinal axis, a pressure side disposed opposite the suction side and extending between the leading edge of the turbine nozzle and the trailing edge of the turbine nozzle in the axial direction, and extending the height of the nozzle in the radial direction, and a bulge disposed on the suction side of the nozzle protruding relative to the other portion of the suction side in a direction transverse to a both the radial and axial directions.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 1, 2015Publication date: January 5, 2017Inventors: Soumyik Kumar Bhaumik, Rohit Chouhan
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Publication number: 20160326889Abstract: Embodiments of the invention relate generally to rotary machines and, more particularly, to the cooling of at least portions of a turbine bucket. In one embodiment, the invention provides a method of cooling at least a portion of a turbine bucket, the method comprising: during operation of a turbine, altering a swirl velocity of purge air between a platform lip extending axially from the platform and an angel wing extending axially from a face of a shank portion of the turbine bucket, wherein altering the swirl velocity of the purge air includes interrupting a flow of the purge air with a plurality of turbulators disposed along at least one of a radially inner surface of the platform lip or the face of the shank portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 22, 2016Publication date: November 10, 2016Inventors: Rohit Chouhan, Soumyik Kumar Bhaumik
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Publication number: 20160326879Abstract: Embodiments of the invention relate generally to rotary machines and, more particularly, to the cooling of at least portions of a turbine bucket. In one embodiment, the invention provides a method of cooling at least a portion of a turbine bucket, the method comprising: during operation of a turbine, altering a swirl velocity of purge air beneath a platform lip extending axially from the platform, wherein altering the swirl velocity of the purge air includes interrupting a flow of the purge air with a plurality of voids disposed along a length of an angel wing extending axially from a face of a shank portion of the turbine bucket.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 22, 2016Publication date: November 10, 2016Inventors: Rohit Chouhan, Soumyik Kumar Bhaumik, Clint Luigie Ingram
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Publication number: 20160215624Abstract: Embodiments of the invention relate generally to rotary machines and, more particularly, to the control of wheel space purge air in gas turbines. In one embodiment, the invention provides a turbine bucket comprising: a platform portion; an airfoil extending radially outward from the platform portion; a shank portion extending radially inward from the platform portion; an angel wing extending axially from a face of the shank portion; and a plurality of voids disposed along a length of the angel wing, each of the plurality of voids extending radially through the angel wing.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 22, 2015Publication date: July 28, 2016Inventors: Rohit Chouhan, Soumyik Kumar Bhaumik, Clint Luigie Ingram
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Publication number: 20160215636Abstract: Embodiments of the invention relate generally to rotary machines and, more particularly, to the control of wheel space purge flow in gas turbines. In one embodiment, the invention provides a turbine bucket comprising: a platform portion; an airfoil extending radially outward from the platform portion; a shank portion extending radially inward from the platform portion; at least one angel wing extending axially from a face of the shank portion; a platform lip extending axially from the platform portion, the platform lip disposed radially outward from the at least one angel wing; and a plurality of turbulators disposed along and extending outward from the face of the shank portion between the platform lip and the at least one angel wing.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 22, 2015Publication date: July 28, 2016Inventors: Rohit Chouhan, Soumyik Kumar Bhaumik
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Publication number: 20160215626Abstract: Embodiments of the invention relate generally to rotary machines and, more particularly, to the control of wheel space purge air in gas turbines. In one embodiment, the invention provides a turbine bucket comprising: a platform portion; an airfoil extending radially outward from the platform portion; a platform lip extending axially from the platform portion; and a plurality of voids disposed along a surface of the platform lip.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 22, 2015Publication date: July 28, 2016Inventors: Rohit Chouhan, Soumyik Kumar Bhaumik
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Publication number: 20160215625Abstract: Embodiments of the invention relate generally to rotary machines and, more particularly, to the control of wheel space purge air in gas turbines. In one embodiment, the invention provides a turbine bucket comprising: a platform portion; an airfoil extending radially outward from the platform portion; a shank portion extending radially inward from the platform portion; at least one angel wing extending axially from a face of the shank portion, the at least one angel wing including an angel wing rim extending radially upward toward the airfoil; and a plurality of voids disposed along the angel wing rim.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 22, 2015Publication date: July 28, 2016Inventors: Rohit Chouhan, Soumyik Kumar Bhaumik