Patent ID: 7699583

Claim:
A cooling microcircuit for use in a turbine engine component, said cooling microcircuit comprising: a serpentine cooling circuit embedded within a wall of said turbine engine component, said serpentine cooling circuit having a plurality of interconnected legs through which a cooling fluid flows; a plurality of vortex generators positioned within a plurality of said legs for picking up an increased amount of heat from said wall of said turbine engine component by increasing turbulence inside said legs; and each of said vortex generators comprising a wedge shaped generator having a first end and a second end higher than said first end, wherein said serpentine cooling circuit has an inlet leg, an intermediate leg connected to said inlet leg, and an outlet leg connected to said intermediate leg and said outlet leg has at least one fluid outlet for distributing cooling fluid over a portion of said turbine engine component, and wherein said outlet leg has at least one fluid outlet for blowing cooling fluid over a tip of said turbine engine component from a pressure side of said turbine engine component to a suction side of said turbine engine component.