Classifications

• • 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
  • F01D5/00—Blades; Blade-carrying members; Heating, heat-insulating, cooling or antivibration means on the blades or the members
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  • F01D5/186—Film cooling
• • 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
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  • 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
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• • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
  • F23—COMBUSTION APPARATUS; COMBUSTION PROCESSES
  • F23R—GENERATING COMBUSTION PRODUCTS OF HIGH PRESSURE OR HIGH VELOCITY, e.g. GAS-TURBINE COMBUSTION CHAMBERS
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• • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
  • F01—MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL; STEAM ENGINES
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• • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
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  • F05D2220/323—Application in turbines in gas turbines for aircraft propulsion, e.g. jet engines
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Definitions

• Wall of a hot gas component and hot gas component comprising a wall
• the invention relates to a wall of a hot gas component com ⁇ prising at least one film cooling hole and a hot gas compo- nent comprising such a wall.
• Turbine components in a hot gas path are subject to high thermal loads.
• the problem can arise that the temperature of the working fluid exceeds the maximal acceptable temperature of the components' material. Therefore, extensive cooling is needed to keep the material temperature within an acceptable limit and thus to protect the components from overheating.
• Turbine components for example are usually cooled using ther ⁇ mal (convective) cooling in combination with thermal barrier coatings.
• additional film cooling is applied in particular in the front stages, where the work ⁇ ing fluid's temperature is very high.
• an isolating layer of a cooling flu- id for example comparably cool air, is applied to the tur ⁇ bine components' surfaces preventing a direct contact of hot working fluid with the turbine components.
• the isolating lay ⁇ er of cooling fluid is usually applied by using discreet film cooling holes which are drilled through a wall of the compo- nent.
• the film cooling holes are usually inclined such with respect to the hot-gas sided surface that cooling fluid will be ejected in a direction which has a component that is parallel to the main gas stream passing over the hot-gas sided sur ⁇ face .
• the film cooling holes can furthermore generally be separated in two classes. They can either have a constant for example circular cross section over their entire longitudinal extension through a component's wall, i.e. from an inlet in the cold-gas sided surface to the outlet on the opposing hot-gas sided surface.
• film cooling holes can be shaped, wherein a shaped film cooling hole usually comprises two sections, namely a metering section that starts at the inlet and has a constant cross-sectional area in the longitu- dinal direction and a subsequent diffuser section which usually diverges towards the outlet on the opposing side and has planar side walls. Due to its expansion, a diffuser section shall enable a broader coverage of the hot-gas sided surface with the ejected cooling fluid. The diffuser also reduces the risk of flow separation at higher blowing ratios. Furthermore, the cooling fluid jet does not penetrate too far into the main beam. Different diffuser shapes are known from the state of the art. Walls with shaped film cooling holes with a metering and a diffuser section are for example disclosed in EP 0 945 593 Al, EP 1 609 949 Al, CA 2 912 828 Al and WO 2012/021194 A3.
• CA 2 912 828 Al and also EP 2 554 792 Al each discloses a wall with film cooling holes that are specifical ⁇ ly shaped such as to avoid that the cooling fluid is separat ⁇ ed from the wall surface. This shall enhance the film effi ⁇ ciency on the wall.
• the film cooling holes according to this document comprise a cylindrical main passage, a pair of cy- lindrical branch passages branching off from a point on the main passage and two communication passages that allow the main passage to communicate with the branch passages. Due to this configuration, the cooling medium components injected from the branch passages are supposed to be separated by the cooling medium injected from the main passage and a pair of straight flows having high directivities shall be formed.
• a low-pressure portion having a sufficiently low pressure is supposed to be generated between the pair of straight flows with high directivities and flows which are inwardly swirled from areas surrounding the straight flows to the low-pressure portion and oriented toward the wall surface shall be gener ⁇ ated. Due to this, a separation of the cooling fluid from the wall shall be avoided.
• EP 1 873 353 discloses a film cooling whole with a bi- lobed shape of the outlet opening to improve the cooling ef ⁇ fectiveness.
• the hole shape provides high coverage by flaring the hole to a large width (at the lobed portion) in the di ⁇ rection perpendicular to the streamwise flow by contracting the downstream side of the hole forward to optimize the dif ⁇ fusion within the hole, resulting in the bi-lobed shape.
• US 7,997,867 proposes to film cooling hole with a w- shaped diffusor bottom upstream of a straight diffusor trailing edge for preserving momentum of the coolant and prevent ⁇ ing entrainment of the hot gases.
• US 8,057,181 Bl dis ⁇ closes a film cooling hole with smooth surfaces and without sharp corners to eliminate the internal flow separation with ⁇ in the film cooling hole.
• a asymmetric chevron-like film cooling hole is proposed by US 2011/0097191 Al for a variety of airfoil surfaces or airfoil regions, particularly in re ⁇ gions and applications where the surface fluid streamline curvature is significant.
• film cooling holes are able to apply a cooling fluid to hot gas components' surfaces in order to build up an iso ⁇ lating layer and therefore to prevent hot gas to get in con- tact with the components' surface.
• the main idea of the present invention is to provide a wall with at least one film cooling hole with a geometry that is especially designed to generate vortices counter acting with the vortices resulting from the injection of a film cooling fluid, in particular the counter rotating vortex pair ⁇ 2.
• a vortex will be gen- erated when cooling fluid flows through an inventive film cooling hole. These vortices form a vortex pair which has a direction of rotation that is opposite to the counter rotat ⁇ ing vortex pair ⁇ 2 induced by the pressure gradient within the cooling fluid streak and therefore will be called anti- counter rotating vortex pair hereinafter.
• the new design furthermore makes use of a delta vortex gener ⁇ ator in order to increase both, the strength as well as the spatial extension of the anti-counter rotating vortex pair generated within the two arms to further increase the film cooling effectiveness.
• the generated delta vortices have the same direction of rotation as the anti-counter rotating vortex pair.
• Delta-vortices and the mechanisms for their formation are known from the state of the art. They are in particular generated when a fluid is divided by a delta- or wedge-shaped element. They are for example also generated at the delta- shaped wings of aircrafts.
• the anti-counter rotating vortex pair and the delta vortex in combination reduce the strength of the vortex pair ⁇ 2 and therefore reduce the wall normal mixing, i.e. the mixing of the cooling fluid with the main flow and efficiently increase the film cooling effectiveness.
• a leading region of the diffuser section that extends from the metering section to the outlet in the hot-gas sided sur ⁇ face and lies opposite the diffuser bottom has a constant cross-section over its entire length, wherein the leading region of the diffuser section in particular corresponds to an elongation of a leading region of the metering section up to the outlet. Then the diffuser section (when seen in cross- section) does not diverge but is characterized by a constant cross-sectional area along its entire longitudinal extension. In particular, part of the metering section's cross-section continues - as part of the diffuser section - up to the out- let in the hot-gas sided surface.
• the leading region of the diffuser section has the form of a cylinder segment, in particular the form of half-cylinder or less than half-cylinder . This will be the case when the me- tering section is of cylindrical form since the only segment- vise elongation of a cylindrical metering section will result in a leading region with a shape corresponding to that of a cylinder segment.
• the diffuser bottom is arched such that a central edge that extends from the metering section or a point on the diffuser bottom near the metering section to the outlet in the hot-gas sided surface and two diffuser arms on both sides of the cen ⁇ tral edge that branch off from the metering section in a V- shaped manner are obtained as means for generating delta- vortices .
• the central edge is blunt and/or at least substantially line ⁇ ar.
• the central edge in particular extends from the end of the metering section, preferably from a point on the metering section's contour, to the outlet in the hot-gas sided sur ⁇ face.
• the central edge connects both arms of the diffuser section.
• the central edge in particular is centered with re ⁇ spect to the metering section and faces the metering section such that a flow of cooling fluid exiting the metering section will be evenly divided into two subflows by the central edge while generating delta-vortices.
• the outlet in the hot-gas sided surface is substantially V- shaped, in particular substantially boomerang-shaped.
• each arm of the V or boomerang is in particular defined by one of the two diffuser arms.
• the outlet in the hot-gas sided surface particularly preferred has a trailing edge that is at least substantially V-shaped.
• a boomerang shaped outlet with a corresponding trailing edge has proven to be especially suited for generating delta vortices.
• the angle included by them lies in the range of 50° to 80°, pref ⁇ erable in the range of 56° to 76° to achieve the generation of the delta-vortices with highest impact.
• the angle prefera ⁇ bly is defined by the angle included by the two central lon- gitudinal axes of the arms as seen in a plane that is orthog ⁇ onal to the central longitudinal axis of the metering sec ⁇ tion.
• the at least substantially V-shaped trailing edge of the out- let defines an angle in the range of a 100° to 60°, prefera ⁇ bly 100° to 70°, particularly preferable 95° to 70°. Angles in these ranges are required for the generation of the delta- vortices.
• the angle is in particular defined by tangents to the two arms of the trail ⁇ ing edge. If the two arms of the trailing edge are linear over only part of their longitudinal extension, the angle can also be defined by a linear section of the two arms.
• An angle in the given ranges is in particular defined by the trailing edge seen in the plane of the hot-gas sided surface.
• the diffuser section has two curved, in particular convex side walls.
• each curved side wall of the dif ⁇ fuser section is an outer side wall of one of the diffuser arms.
• the radius of curvature of the respective side wall preferably varies in longitudinal direction of the respective arm.
• the diffuser bottom is arched such that - together with part of the hot-gas sided surface - a substantially triangular- or delta shaped wedge that points in the direction of the meter ⁇ ing section is obtained which - in the plane of the hot-gas sided surface - defines an at least substantially V-shaped trailing edge of the outlet.
• a bottom arched like this is es ⁇ pecially suited for the efficient generation of delta vorti ⁇ ces . It is noted that the expressions leading and trailing are used herein - as is common - in relation to the direction of a main stream of a hot gas flowing over the hot-gas sided surface during operation of for example a gas turbine com ⁇ prising a component with the inventive wall.
• the leading edge will be oriented such that the main stream reaches it first and the trailing edge afterwards. Independent from the direc ⁇ tion of a main gas stream during operation, the leading and trailing edge are lying opposite each other.
• the diffuser arms can each be of curved cross-sectional shape, in particular be shaped like a trough.
• a curved geome ⁇ try further facilitates the formation of a vortex in each arm with a rotation direction opposite that of the counter rotating vortex pair ⁇ 2 and by that further enhance the film cool- ing effectivity.
• the length of the diffuser arms preferably exceeds the length of the central edge. Then an at least substantially V-shaped trailing edge can be defined between the two sections of the arms that extend further than the central edge.
• the diffuser arms are inclined relative to the metering section.
• the metering section as well as the diffuser arms are furthermore preferably inclined relative to the hot-gas sided surface of the wall, wherein the angle between the arms and the hot-gas surface preferably is smaller than the angle between the metering section and the hot-gas surface.
• the angle between the metering section and the hot-gas sided surface can for example be in the range of 20° to 45°, in particular 30° to 40°.
• the angle between the diffuser arms and the hot-gas sided surface can for exam ⁇ ple be in the range of 5° to 25°, in particular 10° to 15°.
• the metering section can for example have a cir ⁇ cular cross-section. A metering section with such a shape can be conveniently manufactured for example by laser hole drill ⁇ ing or the like.
• the metering section can alternatively have an elliptical cross-section.
• the diffuser section furthermore preferably has such a geome ⁇ try that - in particular seen along a central longitudinal axis of the metering section - there are no undercuts which further facilitates easy manufacturing.
• the metering section and the leading region of the diffuser section preferably have the same radius.
• a leading region with constant cross-sectional area allows for particularly easy manufacturing since in a first step a hole, in particular a cylindrical hole that extends all the way from the cold-gas side to the hot-gas side of the wall can easily be drilled and in a second step the remaining part of the diffuser, including the central edge and the two arms, can easily be joined to the preferably cylindrical hole.
• each arm preferably has a further, inner side wall opposite the outer one.
• the two inner side walls of the arms preferably define a wedge-shaped arched part of the diffuser bottom.
• the inner side walls of the two arms in particular have the central edge as a common edge facing the metering section.
• the inner side walls of the two arms can - like the outer side walls - be curved, for example convex .
• the diffuser section has curved, in particular convex side walls that connect the bottom with the leading region of the diffuser section.
• the side walls of the dif ⁇ fuser are curved, in particular convex, they can have a larg- er radius than the preferably cylinder-segment shaped leading region of the diffuser section.
• the ratio AR of a cross-sectional area A2 of the diffuser section that inter ⁇ sects a leading point of the outlet in the hot-gas sided sur- face to the cross-sectional area Al of the metering section is in the range of 2 to 6, in particular 3,5 to 4,0.
• the diffuser section's cross sectional area ratio AR A2/A1 significantly affects the tendency of a flow to separate. While a large ratio AR is beneficial for a strong decelera ⁇ tion of the flow it also leads to flow separation.
• the metering section will usually have a central longitudinal axis which lies in one plane with the central edge. In this plane the angle between the central edge and the central lon ⁇ gitudinal axis of the metering section preferably is in the range of 7° to 15°.
• the leading point of the outlet - in relation to which the area A2 named above is defined - then preferably lies in the same plane the central longitudinal axis of the metering sec ⁇ tion and the central edge are lying in and opposite the cen ⁇ tral edge.
• the shape of the diffuser section is such that - seen along the central longitudinal axis of a preferably cy ⁇ lindrical metering section - there are no undercuts so that the inventive film cooling hole can easily be manufactured.
• the present invention furthermore provides a hot gas compo ⁇ nent, in particular a component for a gas turbine, comprising at least one, preferably a number of the inventive film cool ⁇ ing holes described above. If there is a number of film cooling holes provided in a wall according to the present invention, the film cooling holes are preferably arranged in one or multiple rows of such film cooling holes.
• a hot gas component according to the present invention could for example be designed a turbine plate of a rotor, a sta ⁇ tionary turbine vane a stationary turbine nozzle and/or ring segments of a gas turbine or a combustor shell all the like. Further parts, in particular of gas turbines, could also com ⁇ prise the inventive wall with at least one film cooling hole as described above. Any kind of component requiring film cooling can comprise a wall with at least one film cooling hole according to the present invention.
• Figure 1 shows a cross section through a wall comprising a film cooling hole according to the invention as a first exemplary embodiment
• Figure 2 shows the film cooling hole according to figure 1 in a perspective view seen from obliquely above
• Figure 3 shows a perspective top view of the film cooling hole according to figure 1
• Figure 4 shows a perspective side view of the film cooling hole according to figure 1
• Figure 5 shows a perspective bottom view of the diffuser
• Figure 7 a cross section through the diffuser section of the film cooling hole according to figure 1 and a pure ⁇ ly schematic depiction of the flow in the arms and above the hot-gas sided surface
• Figure 8 a cross section at the end of the diffuser section of the film cooling hole according to figure 1 and a purely schematic depiction of the flow above the hot-gas sided surface
• Figure 9 a cross section at a defined distance behind the diffuser section of the film cooling hole according to figure 1 and a purely schematic depiction of the flow above the hot-gas sided surface
• Figure 10 a purely schematic representation showing the gen ⁇ eration of vortices of cylindrical film cooling hole .
• Figures 11 to 13 show in a side view a turbine blade a
• Figure 1 shows a cross section through a wall 1 of a hot gas component designated to be assembled and used in a gas tur ⁇ bine that is not shown in the figures.
• the wall 1 comprises a first, cold-gas sided surface 3 subjectable to a cooling flu ⁇ id 4. Opposing the cold-gas sided surface 3 the wall 1 com- prises a second, hot-gas sided surface 5 that is dedicated to be subjectable to a hot gas 6.
• FIG. 1 multiple film cooling holes 7 (compare figures 11 to 13) are located from which only one is shown in figure 1.
• Figures 2 to 5 show different perspective views - each again of only one of film cooling holes 7 - wherein only the film cooling hole's 7 contour is shown but not the wall 1 through which the film cooling hole 7 extends.
• each film cooling hole 7 extends from an inlet 8 in the cold-gas sided surface 3 to an outlet 9 in the hot-gas sided surface 5 of the wall 1 for leading cooling fluid 4 from the cold-gas sided surface 3 to the hot-gas sided surface 5.
• the film cooling holes 7 are according to the present invention especially designed to generate vortices counter acting with the vortices resulting from the injection of film cool- ing fluid 4, in particular the counter rotating vortex pair ⁇ 2 (regarding the vortices resulting from injection compare figure 10 and the corresponding description above) .
• Each film cooling hole 7 comprises a metering section 10 that extends downstream from the inlet 8 (with respect to the flow direction of the cooling fluid 4 through the film cooling hole 7) and which has a constant cross-sectional area in the longitudinal direction of the film cooling hole 7.
• the metering section 10 has a circular cross section.
• Each film cooling hole furthermore comprises a diffuser sec ⁇ tion 11 extending from the metering section 10 to the outlet 9 in the hot-gas sided surface 5.
• the diffuser section 11 is at least bordered by a diffuser bottom 12 and two opposing diffuser sidewalls 13.
• the diffuser bottom 12 is that part of the internal surface of the film cooling hole 7 that is lying opposite the cold-gas sided surface 3.
• the diffuser bottom 12 mergers laterally into each diffuser' sidewall 13 via rounded edges.
• the diffuser bottom 12 is in particular visible in figures 2, 3 and 5 and the diffuser sidewalls 13 are in par ⁇ ticular visible in figures 2, 3 and 4.
• the diffuser bottom 12 of the inventive film cooling hole 7 is arched such that a linear blunt central edge 14 extending from the end of the metering section 10 to the outlet 9 in the hot-gas sided sur- face 5, and two diffuser arms 15, 16 on both sides of the central edge 14 that branch off from the metering section 10 in V-shaped manner (figures 3 and 5) are obtained.
• the central edge 14 is slightly rounded, i.e. blunt which facilitates easy manufac- turing but it can also be a sharp edge.
• the arms 15, 16 slope to both sides of the central edge 14 in a direction away from the metering section 10.
• the diffuser bottom 12 is in detail arched such that a wedge- shaped element in the diffuser section 11 with the central edge 14 as a leading edge is obtained.
• the central edge 14 evenly divides cooling fluid 4 flowing in from the metering section 10 and two sub-flows, one flowing through each arm 15, 16, will be generated.
• an outlet 9 in the hot-gas sided surface 5 is obtained that is substan ⁇ tially boomerang-shaped and has a substantially V-shaped trailing edge 17 (compare again in particular figures 3 and 5) .
• the expressions leading and trailing are herein used - as is common - in relation to the direction of the main stream of hot gas 6 flowing over the hot-gas sided surface 5 during operation (compare the corresponding arrow in the figures marked with reference sign 6) .
• the substan ⁇ tially V-shaped trailing edge 17 includes - in the plane of the hot-gas sided surface 5 - an angle a of about 80° (com ⁇ pare figure 3) and functions as a delta vortex generator as further described below. It is furthermore - compared to the blunt central edge 14 - comparably sharp.
• the two diffuser arms 15, 16 include - seen in a plane that is orthogonal to the central longitudinal ax ⁇ is 18 of the metering section 10 - an angle ⁇ between their longitudinal axes L that extend from the center of the meter ⁇ ing section 10 to the tip of the respective arm of about 70°. Furthermore, the angle ⁇ that is - in the cross section ac ⁇ cording to figure 1 - included by the central longitudinal axis 18 of the metering section 10 and the central edge 14 is about 7 ° .
• the length of the diffuser arms 15, 16 exceeds the length of the central edge 14.
• Each of the diffuser arms 15, 16 is of curved cross-sectional shape as can best be seen in figure 5 which shows a view of the diffuser section from below along the central longitudinal axis 18 of the cylindrical metering section 10 and where- in section lines 19 at different depths in the diffuser sec ⁇ tion 11 are indicated.
• the curved cross-sectional shape of the arms 15, 16 facilitates the formation of vortices in each arm 15, 16.
• the diffuser section 11 of the described embodiment of in ⁇ ventive film cooling holes 7 furthermore is characterized in that a leading region 20 of the diffuser section 11 that extends from the metering section 10 to the outlet 9 in the hot-gas sided surface 5 and that lies opposite the diffuser bottom 12 and the central edge 14 thereof has a constant cross section over its entire length, i.e. from the end of the metering section to the outlet 9.
• the leading region 20 of the diffuser section 11 corresponds to an elongation of a leading region 21 of the metering section 10 up to the outlet 9. This can best be seen in figures 2 and 3 which show that in the upper part of the film cooling hole 7 in these figures the cross-sectional area remains constant form the inlet 8 up to the outlet 9.
• the leading region 20 of the diffuser sec ⁇ tion 11 accordingly has the form of the cylinder segment and a circular leading edge 22 of the outlet 9 is obtained (in figure 3 the leading edge 22 is indicated with a dashed line) .
• This configuration makes the manufacturing of the inventive film cooling holes 7 especially easy since it enables the ap ⁇ plication of a two-step drilling process wherein first a cy ⁇ lindrical hole extending all the way from the cold- 3 to the hot-gas sided surface 5 is drilled and subsequently the two arms 15, 16 are added to obtain the diffuser section 11.
• the manufacturing of the film cooling holes 7 can for example be achieved by laser hole drilling. Since the leading region 20 of the diffuser section 11 does not contribute to the vortex system, it can be kept in this shape to facilitate easy manu ⁇ facturing .
• the two arms 15, 16 of the diffuser sec ⁇ tion 11 are of curved cross-sectional shape.
• the two side walls 13 of the diffuser section 11 are convex.
• the radius of curvature of the side walls 13 varies in the direction of the longitudinal axis L extending from the center of the metering section 10 to the tip of the respective arm.
• Each diffuser arm, 15, 16 also has an inner side wall 23, the side walls 23 being part of the arched diffuser bottom 12 and being - like the (outer) side walls 13 - curved, although in the exemplary embodiment described herein the inner side walls 23 are - compared to the (outer) sidewalls 13 - compa ⁇ rably flat.
• the sidewalls 13 of the diffuser section 11 connect the dif- fuser bottom 12 with the leading region 20 wherein - as can best be seen in figures 2 and 3 - the sidewalls 13 have a la- ger radius than the leading region 20. This facilitates the forming of vortices in the diffuser arms 15, 16 that counter act the vortex pair ⁇ 2 as will be further described below.
• the leading point 24 of the outlet 9 lies opposite the central edge 14 and in the same plane the central longitudinal axis 18 of the metering section 10 and the central edge 14 are lying in.
• the diffuser sections 11 cross sectional area ratio AR signifi ⁇ cantly affects the tendency of a flow to separate. While a large ratio AR is beneficial for a strong deceleration of the flow it also leads to flow separation.
• a vortex will be generated within each of the arms 15, 16 of the diffuser section 11.
• Both vortices form a vortex pair 25 wherein the direction of rotation of the formed vortex pair 25 is opposite to the counter rotating vortex pair ⁇ 2 induced by the pressure gradient within the streak of cooling fluid 4 (compare figure 6 in which the vortices gen ⁇ erated in the diffuser section 11 are schematically indicated and figure 10 showing the counter rotating vortex pair ⁇ 2) . Due to this opposite direction of rotation the newly formed vortex pair is called anti-counter rotating vortex pair 25.
• the new design of film cooling hole 7 furthermore makes use of a delta vortex generator in order to increase both, the strength as well as the spatial extension of the anti-counter rotating vortex pair 25 and further increase the film cooling effectiveness. As shown in figure 6, while the anti-counter rotating vortex pair 25 is been generated within the two arms
• the delta vortex 26 is generated at the V-shaped trailing edge 17 defined by the in- ner walls 23 of the diffuser arms 15, 16 intersecting the hot-gas sided surface 5 of the wall 1 and functioning as a delta vortex generator (the V-shaped trailing edge 17 is in ⁇ dicated by a dashed line in figure 3) .
• the generated delta vortex 26 ef ⁇ fects the film cooling fluid 4 at the hot-gas sided surface 5 in particular in the region between the two diffuser arms 15,
• the direction of rotation of the delta vortex 26 is the same like that of the anti-counter rotating vortex pair 25 and correspondingly opposite to the counter rotating vortex pair ⁇ 2 (again, compare figures 6 and 10) .
• the legs of the delta vortex 26 start to merge with the adjacent legs of the anti-counter rotating vortex pair 25 to form a larger anti-counter rotating vortex pair (compare figure 9) .
• This is beneficial because the cooling fluid 4 is better distributed on the hot-gas sided surface 5, especially in lateral direction, and the decay of film cool ⁇ ing effectiveness is reduced.
• Figures 11 to 13 show examples of components that can com ⁇ prise one or more walls comprising at least one film cooling hole according to the present invention.
• FIG. 11 and 12 shows in a side view a turbine blade 28 and a turbine vane 29 of a gas turbine (not shown in the fig- ures) .
• Each turbine blade 28 and turbine van 29 could com ⁇ prise fastening elements for attaching said part to a carrier, either a rotor disk or a turbine vane carrier.
• They further comprise a platform and an aerodynamically shaped air- foil 30 which comprises one or more rows of film cooling holes 7 from which only one row is displayed.
• Each of the film cooling holes 7 can be adapted according the exemplary embodiment of a film cooling hole described in detail above.
• Figure 13 shows in a perspective view a ring segment 31 com ⁇ prising two rows of inventive film cooling holes 7 and the displayed ring segment can also be used as a combustor shell element .

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