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Title: Turbine interstage seal with self-balancing capability

Patent ·
OSTI ID:1399246

An interstage seal for a turbine of a gas turbine engine, the interstage seal having a seal carrier with an axial extending seal tooth movable with a stator of the engine, and a rotor with a seal surface that forms the interstage seal with the seal tooth, where a magnetic force produced by two magnets and a gas force produced by a gas pressure acting on the seal carrier forms a balancing force to maintain a close clearance of the seal without the seal tooth contacting the rotor seal surfaces during engine operation. In other embodiments, two pairs of magnets produce first and second magnetic forces that balance the seal in the engine.

Research Organization:
FLORIDA TURBINE TECHNOLOGIES, INC., Jupiter, FL (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
SC0008218
Assignee:
FLORIDA TURBINE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Patent Number(s):
9,771,821
Application Number:
14/739,536
OSTI ID:
1399246
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 2015 Jun 15
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

References (11)

Shaft seal with positively magnetically controlled sealing gap patent May 1984
Permanent magnet floating shaft seal patent August 1992
Magnetic seal patent November 1992
Seal arrangement patent April 2001
Seal apparatus patent July 2007
Magnetically-controlled rotary seal patent October 2011
System and method for clearance control patent May 2012
Airtight magnetic seal for bearing casings patent June 2012
Pump with magnetic bearings patent April 2014
Seal apparatus patent-application May 2002
Sealing arrangements patent-application February 2017

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