General Electric Company
Fluidic nozzle assembly for a turbine engine

Abstract:

A gas turbine engine includes a turbine having a stage of turbine rotor blades. The gas turbine engine additionally includes a combustion section defining a cooling air passage for providing a cooling airflow to the stage of turbine rotor blades. The gas turbine engine additionally includes a fluidic nozzle assembly having a fluidic nozzle positioned in or immediately upstream of the cooling air passage of the combustion section. The fluidic nozzle defines an opening and is operable to induce cooling airflow through the opening to increase or decrease an amount of cooling air provided to the stage of turbine rotor blades to, e.g., increase an efficiency of the gas turbine engine.