Patent ID: 7178341

Claim:
A replaceable section of force-cooling tubing for attachment to a transition piece of a gas turbine comprising: a. a first end adapted to reversibly join a free end of a first pipe from a port of selectively a supply side or an return side of a forced fluid supply; b. a second end adapted to reversibly join a free end of a second pipe from a port of selectively an inlet chamber or an outlet chamber in transition piece; c. a bracing member connected between said first and second ends, comprising a support structure adapted to transfer load to the transition piece through a transition piece load-receiving member; d. a flexible coupling connected between said first end and said bracing member wherein said flexible coupling is adapted to provide axial lateral flexibility; and e. a formed tubing bend connected between said second end and said bracing member, adapted to provide radial flexibility; wherein said replaceable section provides fluid communication between said first and second ends for passage of a force-cooled fluid.