Rim seal for turbine wheel

Patent · Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1996

OSTI ID:870358

Glezer, Boris ^[1]; Boyd, Gary L ^[2]; Norton, Paul F ^[3]

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1. Del Mar, CA
2. Alpine, CA
3. San Diego, CA

A turbine wheel assembly includes a disk having a plurality of blades therearound. A ceramic ring is mounted to the housing of the turbine wheel assembly. A labyrinth rim seal mounted on the disk cooperates with the ceramic ring to seal the hot gases acting on the blades from the disk. The ceramic ring permits a tighter clearance between the labyrinth rim seal and the ceramic ring.

• Research Organization: SOLAR TURBINES INC
• DOE Contract Number: AC02-92CE40960
• Assignee: Solar Turbines Incorporated (San Diego, CA)
• Patent Number(s): US 5503528
• OSTI ID: 870358
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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