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Title: Turbine disc sealing assembly

Patent ·
OSTI ID:1083471

A disc seal assembly for use in a turbine engine. The disc seal assembly includes a plurality of outwardly extending sealing flange members that define a plurality of fluid pockets. The sealing flange members define a labyrinth flow path therebetween to limit leakage between a hot gas path and a disc cavity in the turbine engine.

Research Organization:
National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL), Pittsburgh, PA, Morgantown, WV (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
FC26-05NT42644
Assignee:
Siemens Energy, Inc. (Orlando, FL)
Patent Number(s):
8,388,310
Application Number:
12/022,302
OSTI ID:
1083471
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

References (17)

Sealing device patent December 2000
Turbine interstage sealing arrangement patent April 2001
Rim seal for turbine wheel patent April 1996
Multi-point seal patent February 2007
Deflector for controlling entry of cooling air leakage into the gaspath of a gas turbine engine patent June 2000
Turbine wheel for turbomachine and the assembly method for such a wheel patent November 2006
Seal usable between a transition and a turbine vane assembly in a turbine engine patent July 2007
Gas turbine shroud and platform seal system patent October 1999
Methods and apparatus to reduce seal rubbing within gas turbine engines patent May 2005
Gap control system for turbine engines patent June 2007
Air sealing for turbomachines patent January 1984
Labyrinth-Gland Packing patent April 1929
Angel wing seals for blades of a gas turbine and methods for determining angel wing seal profiles patent January 2003
Seal assembly for a rotary machine patent February 2005
Box rim cavity for a gas turbine engine patent June 2009
Compressor system with movable seal lands patent June 2006
Turbine nozzle backflow inhibitor patent October 1994

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