Inventors:
Ann Melinda Ritter - Albany NY
Robert Patrick Campbell - Loudonville NY
Melvin Robert Jackson - Niskayuna NY
Ross Anthony McLean - Ballston Spa NY
Mitchell Reuben Cohen - Troy NY
Nesim Abuaf - Schenectady NY
Sanjay Marc Correa - Niskayuna NY
Lance Gordon Peterson - Ballston Spa NY
Myron Clyde Muth - West Charlton NY
Adrian Maurice Beltran - Ballston Spa NY
Constantinos Minas - Slingerlands NY
David Robert Schumacher - Scotia NY
Jeffrey Alan Graves - Niskayuna NY
Assignee:
General Electric Company - Schenectady NY
International Classification:
F02C 100
Abstract:
A combustor/transition piece for a gas turbine including a double walled structure having a plurality of cooling channels, both axially and, in some cases, circumferential cross-flow passages positioned between the structure's inner member and the outer member to provide cooling air thereto, are formed in the area between the inner member of the combustor and the outer member thereof. The passages preferably extend both axially and circumferentially with respect to the direction of flow through the combustor/transition piece. The axial passages extend completely from one end to the other and the circumferential passages extend around the circumference of the combustor/transition piece. The addition of a circumferential cross-flow passage connecting axial flow coolant passages in double wall turbine components can prevent combustor/transition piece part failure due to axial passage inlet blockage without affecting normal, unblocked cooling. Double wall cooling structures are constructed using two unbonded members.