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Title: Floating air riding seal for a turbine

Patent ·
OSTI ID:1297919

A floating air riding seal for a gas turbine engine with a rotor and a stator, an annular piston chamber with an axial moveable annular piston assembly within the annular piston chamber formed in the stator, an annular cavity formed on the annular piston assembly that faces a seal surface on the rotor, where the axial moveable annular piston includes an inlet scoop on a side opposite to the annular cavity that scoops up the swirling cooling air and directs the cooling air to the annular cavity to form an air cushion with the seal surface of the rotor.

Research Organization:
S & J Design LLC, Jupiter, FL (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
SC0008218
Assignee:
S & J Design LLC (Jupiter, FL)
Patent Number(s):
9,416,674
Application Number:
14/066,364
OSTI ID:
1297919
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 2013 Oct 29
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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