WO2014159212A1 - Gas turbine engine stator vane platform cooling - Google Patents

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WO2014159212A1
WO2014159212A1 PCT/US2014/022540 US2014022540W WO2014159212A1 WO 2014159212 A1 WO2014159212 A1 WO 2014159212A1 US 2014022540 W US2014022540 W US 2014022540W WO 2014159212 A1 WO2014159212 A1 WO 2014159212A1
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Wieslaw A. Chlus
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F01—MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL; STEAM ENGINES
    • F01D—NON-POSITIVE DISPLACEMENT MACHINES OR ENGINES, e.g. STEAM TURBINES
    • F01D9/00—Stators
    • F01D9/02—Nozzles; Nozzle boxes; Stator blades; Guide conduits, e.g. individual nozzles
    • F01D9/04—Nozzles; Nozzle boxes; Stator blades; Guide conduits, e.g. individual nozzles forming ring or sector
    • F01D9/042—Nozzles; Nozzle boxes; Stator blades; Guide conduits, e.g. individual nozzles forming ring or sector fixing blades to stators
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F01—MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL; STEAM ENGINES
    • F01D—NON-POSITIVE DISPLACEMENT MACHINES OR ENGINES, e.g. STEAM TURBINES
    • F01D9/00—Stators
    • F01D9/02—Nozzles; Nozzle boxes; Stator blades; Guide conduits, e.g. individual nozzles
    • F01D9/023—Transition ducts between combustor cans and first stage of the turbine in gas-turbine engines; their cooling or sealings
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F01—MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL; STEAM ENGINES
    • F01D—NON-POSITIVE DISPLACEMENT MACHINES OR ENGINES, e.g. STEAM TURBINES
    • F01D9/00—Stators
    • F01D9/02—Nozzles; Nozzle boxes; Stator blades; Guide conduits, e.g. individual nozzles
    • F01D9/04—Nozzles; Nozzle boxes; Stator blades; Guide conduits, e.g. individual nozzles forming ring or sector
    • F01D9/041—Nozzles; Nozzle boxes; Stator blades; Guide conduits, e.g. individual nozzles forming ring or sector using blades
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F05—INDEXING SCHEMES RELATING TO ENGINES OR PUMPS IN VARIOUS SUBCLASSES OF CLASSES F01-F04
    • F05D—INDEXING SCHEME FOR ASPECTS RELATING TO NON-POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT MACHINES OR ENGINES, GAS-TURBINES OR JET-PROPULSION PLANTS
    • F05D2240/00—Components
    • F05D2240/80—Platforms for stationary or moving blades
    • F05D2240/81—Cooled platforms
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02T—CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO TRANSPORTATION
    • Y02T50/00—Aeronautics or air transport
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  • This disclosure relates to a stator vane platform for a gas turbine engine, such as those used in industrial applications. More particularly, the disclosure relates to a platform cooling configuration for a stator vane.
  • Gas turbine engines typically include a compressor section, a combustor section and a turbine section. During operation, air is pressurized in the compressor section and is mixed with fuel and burned in the combustor section to generate hot combustion gases. The hot combustion gases are communicated through the turbine section, which extracts energy from the hot combustion gases to power the compressor section and other gas turbine engine loads. In the case of an industrial gas turbine engine, the turbine section operatively drives a generator, which supplies power to a ground-based power grid.
  • a typical turbine section includes at least one array of stator vanes.
  • Each stator vane includes spaced apart inner and outer platforms joined to one another by an airfoil.
  • the inner platform includes spaced apart lateral surfaces that circumferentially adjacent lateral surfaces of adjacent stator vanes are in close proximity to one another. A small gap is provided between the adjacent lateral surfaces, and a seal is provided between the adjacent lateral surfaces to seal the inner flow path provided by the inner platform.
  • the adjacent lateral surfaces are parallel to one another and extend in a radial direction with respect to a rotational axis of the compressor and turbine sections.
  • the lateral surfaces provide a sharp, generally right-angled corner with respect to an inner flow path surface provided by the inner platform.
  • shower head cooling holes are provided on one of the lateral surfaces to cool the inner platform in the area of the gap.
  • an airfoil component for a gas turbine engine includes a platform joined to an airfoil.
  • the platform includes a flow path surface that extends between spaced apart lateral surfaces.
  • the airfoil extends from the flow path surface.
  • a contoured surface adjoins the flow path surface and one of the lateral surfaces.
  • inner and outer platforms are joined by the airfoil. One of the inner and outer platforms provides the platform.
  • the platform is provided by an inner platform.
  • a cooling passage and cooling holes extend through the contoured surface and are in fluid communication with the cooling passage.
  • the contoured surface is at first and second angles with respect to the flow path surface and the lateral surface, respectively.
  • the first and second angles are in the range of greater than 0° to 65°.
  • the contoured surface is curved.
  • the first and second angles are about 45°.
  • the exit of the cooling holes are directed aftward toward a trailing edge of the airfoil.
  • a thermal barrier coating is provided on the inner flow path surface and the contoured surface.
  • the cooling holes extend through the thermal barrier coating.
  • a slot is provided in the platform beneath the flow path surface.
  • the slot is configured to receive a seal.
  • a stator vane array for a gas turbine engine includes a circumferential array of stator vanes.
  • Each stator vane has inner and outer platforms joined by an airfoil.
  • the inner platform includes an inner flow path surface extending between spaced apart lateral surfaces.
  • the lateral surfaces of circumferentially adjacent stator vanes are adjacent to one another.
  • the airfoil extends from the inner flow path surface.
  • a contoured surface adjoins the inner flow path surface and one of the lateral surfaces.
  • a cooling passage, and cooling holes extend through the contoured surface and are in fluid communication with the cooling passage.
  • the contoured surface is at first and second angles with respect to the inner flow path surface and the lateral surface, respectively.
  • the first and second angles are in the range of greater than 0° to 65°.
  • the contoured surface is curved.
  • the first and second angles are about 45°.
  • cooling holes are directed aftward on a suction side of the airfoil.
  • a thermal barrier coating is provided on the inner flow path surface and the contoured surface.
  • the cooling holes extend through the thermal barrier coating.
  • a seal is circumferentially extending between adjacent vane inner platforms.
  • a gas turbine engine in another exemplary embodiment, includes a compressor and turbine sections.
  • a combustor is provided axially between the compressor and turbine sections.
  • a turbine vane is in the turbine section.
  • Inner and outer platforms are joined by an airfoil.
  • the inner platform includes an inner flow path surface extending between spaced apart lateral surfaces.
  • the airfoil extends from the inner flow path surface.
  • a contoured surface adjoins the inner flow path surface and one of the lateral surfaces.
  • a cooling passage and cooling holes extend through the contoured surface and are in fluid communication with the cooling passage.
  • a seal circumferentially extends between adjacent vane inner platforms.
  • a generator is operatively coupled to the turbine section.
  • the generator is configured to be electrically connected to a ground-based power grid.
  • the contoured surface is at first and second angles with respect to the inner flow path surface and the lateral surface, respectively. The first and second angles are in the range of greater than 0° to 65°.
  • the contoured surface is curved.
  • a thermal barrier coating is provided on the inner flow path surface and the contoured surface.
  • the cooling holes extend through the thermal barrier coating.
  • Figure 1 is a schematic cross-sectional view of an example industrial gas turbine engine.
  • Figure 2 is a cross-sectional view through a turbine section.
  • Figure 3 is an enlarged partial cross-sectional view of adjacent inner platforms of circumferentially adjacent stator vanes.
  • Figure 4 is an enlarged perspective view of an inner platform and one of the lateral surfaces.
  • Figure 5A is an enlarged perspective view of adjacent inner platforms.
  • Figure 5 B is an elevational view of the adjacent inner platforms.
  • Figure 6 is an enlarged cross-sectional view of a contoured surface adjoining an inner flow path surface and the lateral surface.
  • FIG. 1 A schematic view of an industrial gas turbine engine 10 is illustrated in Figure 1.
  • the engine 10 includes a compressor section 12 and a turbine section 14 interconnected to one another by a shaft 16.
  • a combustor 18 is arranged between the compressor and turbine sections 12, 14.
  • a generator 22 is rotationally driven by a shaft coupled to the turbine or uncoupled via a power turbine, which is connected to a ground- based power grid 24.
  • the illustrated engine 10 is highly schematic, and may vary from the configuration illustrated.
  • the disclosed airfoil may be used in commercial and military aircraft engines as well as industrial gas turbine engines.
  • first and second arrays 26, 28 of circumferentially spaced fixed vanes 30, 32 are axially spaced apart from one another.
  • a first stage array 34 of circumferentially spaced turbine blades 36, mounted to a rotor disk 38, is arranged axially between the first and second fixed vane arrays 30, 32.
  • a second stage array 40 of circumferentially spaced turbine blades 42 is arranged aft of the second array 28 of fixed vanes 32.
  • the turbine blades 36, 42 each include a tip 44, 46 adjacent to a blade outer air seals 48, 50 of a case structure 52.
  • the first and second stage arrays 26, 28 of turbine vanes and first and second stage arrays 34, 40 of turbine blades are arranged within a flow path F and are operatively connected to the shaft 16, which is rotatable about an axis A.
  • Each vane by way of example, vane 30, includes an inner platform 54 and an outer platform 56 respectively defining inner and outer flow paths.
  • the platforms 54, 56 are interconnected by an airfoil 58 extending in a radial direction with respect to the axis A of the shaft 16. It should be understood that the turbine vanes may be discrete from one another or arranged in integrated clusters.
  • the turbine vanes are constructed from a high strength, heat resistant material such as a nickel-based or cobalt-based superalloy, or of a high temperature, stress resistant ceramic or composite material.
  • internal cooling passages 60 receive cooling fluid from a cooling source 62, such as compressor bleed air.
  • the internal cooling passages 60 may provide the cooling fluid to cooling holes to provide for a combination of impingement and film cooling.
  • one or more thermal barrier coatings, abrasion-resistant coatings or other protective coatings may be applied to the turbine vane.
  • adjacent inner platforms 54a, 54b respectively include slots 66a, 66b that receive a circumferentially extending seal 68.
  • the seal 68 seals a gap 67 between the lateral surfaces 64a, 64b to prevent fluid from escaping the flow path F.
  • the inner platform 54a includes an inner flow path surface 70 defining the inner portion of the flow path F.
  • the inner flow path surface 70 and the lateral surface 64a are generally at a right angle with respect to one another.
  • a contoured surface 72 adjoins the inner flow path surface 70 and the lateral surface 64a, which extends radially with respect to the axis A, shown in Figure 2.
  • the lateral surface 64b adjoins the inner flow path surface 70 to form a right-angled corner.
  • the contoured surface 72 forms a first edge 84 with the inner flow path surface 70 and a second edge 86 with the lateral surface 64a.
  • the first and second edges 84, 86 are bowed outward relative to one another.
  • the contoured surface 72 may be beveled, or curved as shown in Figure 4.
  • the contoured surface 72 has a radius in the range of 0.050 0.300 inch (1.3 - 7.6 mm).
  • the contoured surface 72 is at an angle 74a with respect to the inner flow path surface 70, and at an angle 74b with respect to the lateral surface 64a.
  • the angle 74a, 74b are in the range of greater than 0° to 65°, and in the example shown, 45°.
  • Cooling holes 78 are provided on the contoured surface 72 and with the exit canted aftward toward an aft edge 76 of the inner platform 54a, which is on a suction side of the airfoil 58.
  • the cooling holes 78 are in fluid communication with the cooling passage 60 to deliver cooling fluid to the gap 67.
  • the contoured surface 72 better enables hot gases from the flow path F to escape the gap 67, which results in improved cooling of the inner platforms 54a, 54b.
  • a thermal barrier coating (TBC) 82 is provided on the inner flow path surface 70 and the contoured surface 72.
  • the cooling holes 78 extend through the TBC 82.

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Abstract

An airfoil component for a gas turbine engine includes a platform joined to an airfoil. The platform includes a flow path surface that extends between spaced apart lateral surfaces. The airfoil extends from the flow path surface. A contoured surface adjoins the flow path surface and one of the lateral surfaces.

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GAS TURBINE ENGINE STATOR VANE PLATFORM COOLING
BACKGROUND
[0001] This disclosure relates to a stator vane platform for a gas turbine engine, such as those used in industrial applications. More particularly, the disclosure relates to a platform cooling configuration for a stator vane.
[0002] Gas turbine engines typically include a compressor section, a combustor section and a turbine section. During operation, air is pressurized in the compressor section and is mixed with fuel and burned in the combustor section to generate hot combustion gases. The hot combustion gases are communicated through the turbine section, which extracts energy from the hot combustion gases to power the compressor section and other gas turbine engine loads. In the case of an industrial gas turbine engine, the turbine section operatively drives a generator, which supplies power to a ground-based power grid.
[0003] A typical turbine section includes at least one array of stator vanes. Each stator vane includes spaced apart inner and outer platforms joined to one another by an airfoil. The inner platform includes spaced apart lateral surfaces that circumferentially adjacent lateral surfaces of adjacent stator vanes are in close proximity to one another. A small gap is provided between the adjacent lateral surfaces, and a seal is provided between the adjacent lateral surfaces to seal the inner flow path provided by the inner platform.
[0004] The adjacent lateral surfaces are parallel to one another and extend in a radial direction with respect to a rotational axis of the compressor and turbine sections. The lateral surfaces provide a sharp, generally right-angled corner with respect to an inner flow path surface provided by the inner platform. Shower head cooling holes are provided on one of the lateral surfaces to cool the inner platform in the area of the gap.
SUMMARY
[0005] In one exemplary embodiment, an airfoil component for a gas turbine engine includes a platform joined to an airfoil. The platform includes a flow path surface that extends between spaced apart lateral surfaces. The airfoil extends from the flow path surface. A contoured surface adjoins the flow path surface and one of the lateral surfaces. [0006] In a further embodiment of the above, inner and outer platforms are joined by the airfoil. One of the inner and outer platforms provides the platform.
[0007] In a further embodiment of any of the above, the platform is provided by an inner platform.
[0008] In a further embodiment of any of the above, a cooling passage and cooling holes extend through the contoured surface and are in fluid communication with the cooling passage.
[0009] In a further embodiment of any of the above, the contoured surface is at first and second angles with respect to the flow path surface and the lateral surface, respectively. The first and second angles are in the range of greater than 0° to 65°.
[0010] In a further embodiment of any of the above, the contoured surface is curved.
[0011] In a further embodiment of any of the above, the first and second angles are about 45°.
[0012] In a further embodiment of any of the above, the exit of the cooling holes are directed aftward toward a trailing edge of the airfoil.
[0013] In a further embodiment of any of the above, a thermal barrier coating is provided on the inner flow path surface and the contoured surface. The cooling holes extend through the thermal barrier coating.
[0014] In a further embodiment of any of the above, a slot is provided in the platform beneath the flow path surface. The slot is configured to receive a seal.
[0015] In a further embodiment of any of the above, a stator vane array for a gas turbine engine includes a circumferential array of stator vanes. Each stator vane has inner and outer platforms joined by an airfoil. The inner platform includes an inner flow path surface extending between spaced apart lateral surfaces. The lateral surfaces of circumferentially adjacent stator vanes are adjacent to one another. The airfoil extends from the inner flow path surface. A contoured surface adjoins the inner flow path surface and one of the lateral surfaces. [0016] In a further embodiment of any of the above, a cooling passage, and cooling holes extend through the contoured surface and are in fluid communication with the cooling passage.
[0017] In a further embodiment of any of the above, the contoured surface is at first and second angles with respect to the inner flow path surface and the lateral surface, respectively. The first and second angles are in the range of greater than 0° to 65°.
[0018] In a further embodiment of any of the above, the contoured surface is curved.
[0019] In a further embodiment of any of the above, the first and second angles are about 45°.
[0020] In a further embodiment of any of the above, the cooling holes are directed aftward on a suction side of the airfoil.
[0021] In a further embodiment of any of the above, a thermal barrier coating is provided on the inner flow path surface and the contoured surface. The cooling holes extend through the thermal barrier coating.
[0022] In a further embodiment of any of the above, a seal is circumferentially extending between adjacent vane inner platforms.
[0023] In another exemplary embodiment, a gas turbine engine includes a compressor and turbine sections. A combustor is provided axially between the compressor and turbine sections. A turbine vane is in the turbine section. Inner and outer platforms are joined by an airfoil. The inner platform includes an inner flow path surface extending between spaced apart lateral surfaces. The airfoil extends from the inner flow path surface. A contoured surface adjoins the inner flow path surface and one of the lateral surfaces. A cooling passage and cooling holes extend through the contoured surface and are in fluid communication with the cooling passage. A seal circumferentially extends between adjacent vane inner platforms.
[0024] In a further embodiment of any of the above, a generator is operatively coupled to the turbine section. The generator is configured to be electrically connected to a ground-based power grid. [0025] In a further embodiment of any of the above, the contoured surface is at first and second angles with respect to the inner flow path surface and the lateral surface, respectively. The first and second angles are in the range of greater than 0° to 65°.
[0026] In a further embodiment of any of the above, the contoured surface is curved.
[0027] In a further embodiment of any of the above, a thermal barrier coating is provided on the inner flow path surface and the contoured surface. The cooling holes extend through the thermal barrier coating.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0028] The disclosure can be further understood by reference to the following detailed description when considered in connection with the accompanying drawings wherein:
[0029] Figure 1 is a schematic cross-sectional view of an example industrial gas turbine engine.
[0030] Figure 2 is a cross-sectional view through a turbine section.
[0031] Figure 3 is an enlarged partial cross-sectional view of adjacent inner platforms of circumferentially adjacent stator vanes.
[0032] Figure 4 is an enlarged perspective view of an inner platform and one of the lateral surfaces.
[0033] Figure 5A is an enlarged perspective view of adjacent inner platforms.
[0034] Figure 5 B is an elevational view of the adjacent inner platforms.
[0035] Figure 6 is an enlarged cross-sectional view of a contoured surface adjoining an inner flow path surface and the lateral surface.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION
[0036] A schematic view of an industrial gas turbine engine 10 is illustrated in Figure 1. The engine 10 includes a compressor section 12 and a turbine section 14 interconnected to one another by a shaft 16. A combustor 18 is arranged between the compressor and turbine sections 12, 14. A generator 22 is rotationally driven by a shaft coupled to the turbine or uncoupled via a power turbine, which is connected to a ground- based power grid 24. It should be understood that the illustrated engine 10 is highly schematic, and may vary from the configuration illustrated. Moreover, the disclosed airfoil may be used in commercial and military aircraft engines as well as industrial gas turbine engines.
[0037] Referring to Figure 2, a cross-sectional view through the turbine section 14 is illustrated. In the example turbine section 14, first and second arrays 26, 28 of circumferentially spaced fixed vanes 30, 32 are axially spaced apart from one another. A first stage array 34 of circumferentially spaced turbine blades 36, mounted to a rotor disk 38, is arranged axially between the first and second fixed vane arrays 30, 32. A second stage array 40 of circumferentially spaced turbine blades 42 is arranged aft of the second array 28 of fixed vanes 32.
[0038] The turbine blades 36, 42 each include a tip 44, 46 adjacent to a blade outer air seals 48, 50 of a case structure 52. The first and second stage arrays 26, 28 of turbine vanes and first and second stage arrays 34, 40 of turbine blades are arranged within a flow path F and are operatively connected to the shaft 16, which is rotatable about an axis A.
[0039] Each vane, by way of example, vane 30, includes an inner platform 54 and an outer platform 56 respectively defining inner and outer flow paths. The platforms 54, 56 are interconnected by an airfoil 58 extending in a radial direction with respect to the axis A of the shaft 16. It should be understood that the turbine vanes may be discrete from one another or arranged in integrated clusters.
[0040] The turbine vanes are constructed from a high strength, heat resistant material such as a nickel-based or cobalt-based superalloy, or of a high temperature, stress resistant ceramic or composite material. In cooled configurations, internal cooling passages 60 receive cooling fluid from a cooling source 62, such as compressor bleed air. The internal cooling passages 60 may provide the cooling fluid to cooling holes to provide for a combination of impingement and film cooling. In addition, one or more thermal barrier coatings, abrasion-resistant coatings or other protective coatings may be applied to the turbine vane. [0041] Referring to Figure 3, adjacent inner platforms 54a, 54b respectively include slots 66a, 66b that receive a circumferentially extending seal 68. The seal 68 seals a gap 67 between the lateral surfaces 64a, 64b to prevent fluid from escaping the flow path F.
[0042] Referring to Figures 3-5B, the inner platform 54a includes an inner flow path surface 70 defining the inner portion of the flow path F. The inner flow path surface 70 and the lateral surface 64a are generally at a right angle with respect to one another. A contoured surface 72 adjoins the inner flow path surface 70 and the lateral surface 64a, which extends radially with respect to the axis A, shown in Figure 2. In the example, the lateral surface 64b adjoins the inner flow path surface 70 to form a right-angled corner.
[0043] The contoured surface 72 forms a first edge 84 with the inner flow path surface 70 and a second edge 86 with the lateral surface 64a. The first and second edges 84, 86 are bowed outward relative to one another. The contoured surface 72 may be beveled, or curved as shown in Figure 4. In one example, the contoured surface 72 has a radius in the range of 0.050 0.300 inch (1.3 - 7.6 mm). The contoured surface 72 is at an angle 74a with respect to the inner flow path surface 70, and at an angle 74b with respect to the lateral surface 64a. In the example, the angle 74a, 74b are in the range of greater than 0° to 65°, and in the example shown, 45°.
[0044] Cooling holes 78 are provided on the contoured surface 72 and with the exit canted aftward toward an aft edge 76 of the inner platform 54a, which is on a suction side of the airfoil 58. The cooling holes 78 are in fluid communication with the cooling passage 60 to deliver cooling fluid to the gap 67. The contoured surface 72 better enables hot gases from the flow path F to escape the gap 67, which results in improved cooling of the inner platforms 54a, 54b.
[0045] Referring to Figure 6, a thermal barrier coating (TBC) 82 is provided on the inner flow path surface 70 and the contoured surface 72. The cooling holes 78 extend through the TBC 82.
[0046] Although an example embodiment has been disclosed, a worker of ordinary skill in this art would recognize that certain modifications would come within the scope of the claims. For example, the disclosed platform contour may be used for other airfoil components, such as blades. For that reason, the following claims should be studied to determine their true scope and content.

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CLAIMS What is claimed is:
1. An airfoil component for a gas turbine engine comprising:
a platform joined to an airfoil, the platform includes a flow path surface extending between spaced apart lateral surfaces, the airfoil extends from the flow path surface, and a contoured surface adjoins the flow path surface and one of the lateral surfaces.
2. The airfoil component according to claim 1, comprising inner and outer platforms joined by the airfoil, one of the inner and outer platforms providing the platform.
3. The airfoil component according to claim 2, wherein the platform is provided by an inner platform.
4. The airfoil component according to claim 1, comprising a cooling passage, and cooling holes extend through the contoured surface and are in fluid communication with the cooling passage.
5. The airfoil component according to claim 4, wherein the contoured surface is at first and second angles with respect to the flow path surface and the lateral surface, respectively, the first and second angles are in the range of greater than 0° to 65°.
6. The airfoil component according to claim 5, wherein the contoured surface is curved.
7. The airfoil component according to claim 5, wherein the first and second angles are about 45°.
8. The airfoil component according to claim 4, wherein the exit of the cooling holes are directed aftward toward a trailing edge of the airfoil.
9. The airfoil component according to claim 4, comprising a thermal barrier coating provided on the inner flow path surface and the contoured surface, the cooling holes extend through the thermal barrier coating.
10. The airfoil component according to claim 1, wherein a slot is provided in the platform beneath the flow path surface, the slot configured to receive a seal.
11. A stator vane array for a gas turbine engine, comprising:
a circumferential array of stator vanes;
wherein each stator vane has inner and outer platforms joined by an airfoil, the inner platform includes an inner flow path surface extending between spaced apart lateral surfaces, the lateral surfaces of circumferentially adjacent stator vanes adjacent to one another, the airfoil extends from the inner flow path surface; and
a contoured surface adjoins the inner flow path surface and one of the lateral surfaces.
12. The stator vane array according to claim 11, comprising a cooling passage, and cooling holes extend through the contoured surface and are in fluid communication with the cooling passage.
13. The stator vane array according to claim 12, wherein the contoured surface is at first and second angles with respect to the inner flow path surface and the lateral surface, respectively, the first and second angles are in the range of greater than 0° to 65°.
14. The stator vane array according to claim 13, wherein the contoured surface is curved.
15. The stator vane array according to claim 13, wherein the first and second angles are about 45°.
16. The stator vane array according to claim 12, wherein the cooling holes are directed aftward on a suction side of the airfoil.
17. The stator vane array according to claim 12, comprising a thermal barrier coating provided on the inner flow path surface and the contoured surface, the cooling holes extend through the thermal barrier coating.
18. The stator vane array according to claim 11, comprising a seal circumferentially extending between adjacent vane inner platforms.
19. A gas turbine engine comprising:
compressor and turbine sections;
a combustor provided axially between the compressor and turbine sections;
a turbine vane in the turbine section including:
inner and outer platforms joined by an airfoil, the inner platform includes an inner flow path surface extending between spaced apart lateral surfaces, the airfoil extends from the inner flow path surface, and a contoured surface adjoins the inner flow path surface and one of the lateral surfaces;
a cooling passage, and cooling holes extend through the contoured surface and are in fluid communication with the cooling passage; and
a seal circumferentially extends between adjacent vane inner platforms.
20. The gas turbine engine according to claim 19, comprising a generator operatively coupled to the turbine section, the generator configured to be electrically connected to a ground-based power grid.
21. The gas turbine engine according to claim 19, wherein the contoured surface is at first and second angles with respect to the inner flow path surface and the lateral surface, respectively, the first and second angles are in the range of greater than 0° to 65°.
22. The gas turbine engine according to claim 21, wherein the contoured surface is curved.
23. The gas turbine engine according to claim 19, comprising a thermal barrier coating provided on the inner flow path surface and the contoured surface, the cooling holes extend through the thermal barrier coating.
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