Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method and device for reducing leakage losses in a turbine
-
Application No.: US16066619Application Date: 2017-01-18
-
Publication No.: US10895164B2Publication Date: 2021-01-19
- Inventor: Mario Gaia , Roberto Bini
- Applicant: TURBODEN S. p. A.
- Applicant Address: IT Brescia
- Assignee: TURBODEN S. p. A.
- Current Assignee: TURBODEN S. p. A.
- Current Assignee Address: IT Brescia
- Agency: R. Ruschena, Patent Agent, LLC
- Priority: IT102016000004361 20160120
- International Application: PCT/IB2017/050256 WO 20170118
- International Announcement: WO2017/125858 WO 20170727
- Main IPC: F01D11/06
- IPC: F01D11/06 ; F01D11/10 ; F01D11/04 ; F01D11/02 ; F01D11/00 ; F01D11/08

Abstract:
A method for reducing the leakage of an organic working fluid operating within a turbine (10) of an Organic Rankine Cycle system, the method comprising the injection of a fluid flow rate (Q) into a volume (I) at a static pressure lower than the total pressure (P1) upstream of the turbine and located near of at least one labyrinth seal (L1, L11) of at least one stage of the turbine (10), said fluid flow rate (Q) having an initial exergetic content lower than the initial exergetic content of the organic working fluid located inside the turbine and flowing through said labyrinth seal (L1, L11).
Public/Granted literature
- US20190024524A1 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR REDUCING LEAKAGE LOSSES IN A TURBINE Public/Granted day:2019-01-24
Information query