Seals for managing thermal distortion in a turbomachine and methods for building the same

Patent · Tue May 21 04:00:00 EDT 2024

OSTI ID:2542187

Trivedi, Deepak; Bidkar, Rahul Anil; Kumar, Uttara Vijay

A seal assembly for a component of a turbomachine and method of assembly thereof is provided. The seal assembly includes at least one mating face positioned adjacent to the component and a seal coupled to the mating face. The seal includes an outer shell defining an interior space; an inner matrix filling the interior space comprising a plurality of unit cells comprising one or more metamaterials, wherein at least a portion of the plurality of unit cells are identical, and wherein the plurality of unit cells are repeated throughout the inner matrix; and one or more support struts extending throughout the inner matrix. The method of building the seal assembly may include selecting a first material for the outer shell and selecting the one or more metamaterials for the inner matrix based on the first material.

• Research Organization: General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: FE0024007
• Assignee: General Electric Company (Schenectady, NY)
• Patent Number(s): 11,988,095
• Application Number: 17/685,953
• OSTI ID: 2542187
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English