- Patent Title: Interstage seal housing optimization system in a gas turbine engine
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Application No.: US15325527Application Date: 2014-08-08
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Publication No.: US10215044B2Publication Date: 2019-02-26
- Inventor: Jiping Zhang , Patrick M. Pilapil , Yan Yin , Joshua D. Kovac
- Applicant: Siemens Energy, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US FL Orlando
- Assignee: SIEMENS ENERGY, INC.
- Current Assignee: SIEMENS ENERGY, INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US FL Orlando
- International Application: PCT/US2014/050255 WO 20140808
- International Announcement: WO2016/022136 WO 20160211
- Main IPC: F01D11/00
- IPC: F01D11/00 ; F01D11/02 ; F16J15/44 ; F01D25/26

Abstract:
An interstage seal system (10) for adjusting the position of an interstage seal during operation of a gas turbine engine (14) to increase efficiency of the seal (12) is disclosed. The interstage seal system (10) may include a interstage seal housing (16) formed from a circumferentially extending housing having a seal (12) positioned on a radially inward surface (18) of the interstage seal housing (16). The interstage seal housing (16) may biased radially outward via one or more springs (20) to bias the radially inward surface (18) of the interstage seal housing (16) outwardly. The interstage seal housing (16) may reside in an interstage housing receiving cavity (68). The cavity (68) may be supplied with gases at a higher pressure than on the other side (24) of the seal housing (16) during turbine engine operation. As such, the interstage seal housing (16) is forced radially inwardly to close the gap (26) within the seal (12) as the high pressure force directed radially inward overcomes the spring bias directed radially outward.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170145847A1 INTERSTAGE SEAL HOUSING OPTIMIZATION SYSTEM IN A GAS TURBINE ENGINE Public/Granted day:2017-05-25
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