General Electric Company
Gas turbine engine trailing edge ejection holes

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Abstract:

An apparatus and method for an airfoil for a gas turbine engine includes a trailing edge cooling circuit utilizing a plurality of trailing edge ejection holes. The ejection holes can include a circumferentially radiused inlet, a converging section, a metering section, and a diverging section to improve airfoil cooling as well as castability.

Status:
Grant
Type:

Utility

Filling date:

15 Feb 2016

Issue date:

18 Feb 2020