US Patent Issued to UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY on Sept. 16 for "Cooling system having a vortex tube and a fluidic oscillator for gas turbine blades" (Emirati Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,416,239, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY (Al-Ain, United Arab Emirates).

"Cooling system having a vortex tube and a fluidic oscillator for gas turbine blades" was invented by Emad Elnajjar (Al Ain, United Arab Emirates).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cooling system for a gas turbine is disclosed comprising a vortex tube defining a body having an inlet port connectable to a compressor to receive compressed fluid. The vortex tube is configured to separate flow of the compressed fluid into a cold stream and a hot stream. The cooling system further includes a fluidic oscillator in fluid communication wit...