Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Gas turbine engine tip clearance control
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Application No.: US14319897Application Date: 2014-06-30
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Publication No.: US09890640B2Publication Date: 2018-02-13
- Inventor: Daniel Kent Vetters , Michael Abraham Karam
- Applicant: Rolls-Royce North American Technologies, Inc. , Rolls-Royce Corporation
- Applicant Address: US IN Indianapolis US IN Indianapolis
- Assignee: ROLLS-ROYCE NORTH AMERICAN TECHNOLOGIES INC.,ROLLS-ROYCE CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: ROLLS-ROYCE NORTH AMERICAN TECHNOLOGIES INC.,ROLLS-ROYCE CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: US IN Indianapolis US IN Indianapolis
- Agency: McCracken & Gillen LLC
- Main IPC: F04D27/02
- IPC: F04D27/02 ; F01D5/14 ; F01D11/24

Abstract:
A gas turbine engine is disclosed having a thermoelectric device capable of changing a tip clearance in a turbomachinery component. In one non-limiting form the turbomachinery component is a compressor. The thermoelectric device can be used in some forms to harvest power derived from a waste heat. The tip clearance control system can include a sensor used to determine a clearance between a tip and a wall of the turbomachinery component.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140314568A1 GAS TURBINE ENGINE TIP CLEARANCE CONTROL Public/Granted day:2014-10-23
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