General Electric Company
TURBINE AIRFOIL WITH MULTIPLE WALLS AND INTERNAL THERMAL BARRIER COATING

Abstract:

An airfoil having a wall structure including a plurality of spaced walls for improved cooling and lifetime is disclosed. The airfoil and walls are made by additive manufacturing. The airfoil includes an exterior wall, an intermediate wall, and an interior wall each separated from adjacent walls by a plurality of standoff members; a plurality of outer cooling chambers defined between the exterior and intermediate walls, the chambers partitioned by an outer partition; a plurality of intermediate cooling chambers defined between the intermediate and interior walls, the chambers partitioned by an intermediate partition; a thermal barrier coating on each of the exterior wall and the intermediate wall; a first plurality of impingement openings through the intermediate wall; a second plurality of impingement openings through the interior wall; and a plurality of cooling passages through the exterior wall.