Cooling arrangement

The present invention relates to cooling arrangements for use within gas turbine engines. Cooling air enters a cooling path from a supply at The path follows a serpentine path consecutively through a number of components to be cooled, including guide vanes blades a shroud and a shaft A valve is prov...

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1. Verfasser: Dailey, Geoffrey M
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:The present invention relates to cooling arrangements for use within gas turbine engines. Cooling air enters a cooling path from a supply at The path follows a serpentine path consecutively through a number of components to be cooled, including guide vanes blades a shroud and a shaft A valve is provided at the downstream end of the path The setting of the valve modulates the flow and pressure of air along the path without wholly preventing it.