Patent ID: 11905881
Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
Field: Chemical engineering (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC F  B  Y | IPC B  F

Claim 14:
15. A method of cooling a component in a turbine engine, the method comprising:
flowing a supply of cooling air to the component;
directing a first portion of the supply of cooling air to a cyclone separator located within the component to clean the first portion of the supply of cooling air to form a cleaned first portion, and to direct dirty air to a scavenge passage at a dirty air outlet, where the dirty air outlet is fluidly separated from the cooling passage within the component;
flowing the cleaned first portion through a first supply conduit to the cooling passage within the component; and
flowing a second portion of the supply of cooling air through a second supply conduit to the cooling passage, the second supply conduit being fluidly separated from the cyclone separator.