摘要 |
A turbine vane or blade segment includes at least one airfoil extending radially outwardly from a radially inner band. The radially inner band is formed with substantially axially-extending side edges, and the at least one airfoil is formed with a leading edge, a trailing edge, a pressure side, a suction side, and an internal cooling plenum. The pressure side faces one of the substantially axially-extending side edges and the leading edge is located proximate to that one edge. A plurality of cooling passages are formed in the radially inner band in fluid communication with the internal plenum and exiting the inner band via a plurality of exit holes in the one of the substantially axially-extending side edges. The plurality of exit holes are confined to a region along the one of the substantially axially-extending side edges where static pressure PS along the one of the substantially axially-extending side edges lies in a pressure range,ΔPD, substantially between the stage inlet total pressures PT that is substantially about 1.5 times the dynamic pressure rangeΔPD, below the stage inlet total pressure.
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