Patent ID: 7914253

Claim:
A system for regulating a cooling fluid within a turbomachine, the turbomachine comprising a compressor section and at least one wheelspace area, the system comprising: a plurality of bypass chambers: wherein each of the plurality of bypass chambers allows for the cooling fluid to pass from the compressor section to the at least one wheelspace area; and wherein each of the plurality of bypass chambers comprises a bypass chamber opening near the at least one wheelspace area; and a plurality of bypass plugs; and the compressor section having an inner barrel casing and a compressor discharge casing, wherein each of the plurality of bypass chambers allows for the cooling fluid to pass through the inner barrel casing to the compressor discharge casing and into the at least one wheelspace area; and wherein each of the plurality of bypass plugs is insertable into the bypass chamber opening on each of the plurality of bypass chambers; and wherein each of the plurality of the bypass plugs is adapted to prevent the cooling fluid from entering the at least one wheelspace area when each of the plurality of bypass plugs is inserted into each bypass chamber opening.