Christopher T Porter

US Patent:

20210123348, Apr 29, 2021

Filed:

Oct 25, 2019

Appl. No.:

16/663941

Inventors:

- Schenectady NY, US
Lyndsay Marie Kibler - Cincinnati OH, US
Brad Wilson VanTassel - Easley SC, US
Benjamin Paul Lacy - Greer SC, US
Zachary John Snider - Simpsonville SC, US
Christopher Donald Porter - Greenville SC, US
Srikanth Chandrudu Kottilingam - Greenville SC, US

International Classification:

F01D 5/18

Abstract:

An embodiment of an independent cooling circuit for selectively delivering cooling fluid to a component of a gas turbine system includes: at least one coolant feed channel fluidly coupled to a supply of cooling fluid; and an interconnected circuit of cooling channels, including: an interconnected circuit of cooling channels embedded within an exterior wall of the component; an impingement plate; and a plurality of feed tubes connecting the impingement plate to the exterior wall of the component and fluidly coupling a supply of cooling fluid to the interconnected circuit of cooling channels; wherein the cooling fluid flows through the plurality of feed tubes into the interconnected circuit of cooling channels only in response to a formation of a breach in the exterior wall of the component that exposes at least one of the cooling channels.