Patent ID: 9097115
Filing Date: 2015-08-04
Classification: F01D

Abstract:
1. A stator for a turbine comprising: an arrangement of vanes including at least a first vane and a second vane circumferentially neighbouring the first vane, each of the first vane and the second vane comprising: at least one sealing plate disposed between the at least one circumferentially arranged side wall of the first vane and the at least one circumferentially arranged side wall of the second vane, the at least one circumferentially arranged side walls of the first vane and the second vane facing one another, so as to form an intermediate cavity that is fluidically separated from the inner diameter platform cavity; wherein the at least one sealing plate forms a peripheral sealing that at least substantially encloses the intermediate cavity; wherein the peripheral sealing includes at least one opening that is disposed at a bottom side of the intermediate cavity, which is a radially furthest away side from the airfoil, and that is configured as a gas inlet; and wherein the at least one opening has a circular shape.