Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Seal assembly for chute gap leakage reduction in a gas turbine
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Application No.: US16598003Application Date: 2019-10-10
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Publication No.: US11215063B2Publication Date: 2022-01-04
- Inventor: Neelesh Nandkumar Sarawate , Christopher Walter Falcone
- Applicant: General Electric Company
- Applicant Address: US NY Schenectady
- Assignee: General Electric Company
- Current Assignee: General Electric Company
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Schenectady
- Agency: Armstrong Teasdale LLP
- Main IPC: F01D11/00
- IPC: F01D11/00 ; F01D9/04 ; F01D11/02

Abstract:
Various embodiments include gas turbine seals and methods of forming such seals. In some cases, a turbine includes: a first arcuate component adjacent to a second arcuate component, each arcuate component including a slot including one or more slot segments located in an end face and a seal assembly disposed in the slot. The seal assembly including a plurality of seal segments forming at least one T-junction where a first seal segment intersects a second seal segment and at least one shim seal. The plurality of seal segments define at least one chute gap. The at least one shim seal disposed in a slot proximate the at least one T-junction of the plurality of seal segments. The at least one shim seal positioned on a sidewall of the second seal segment and extending a partial length of the sidewall. The at least one shim seal seals the at least one chute gap to prevent a flow therethrough of a gas turbine hot gas path flow.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210108528A1 SEAL ASSEMBLY FOR CHUTE GAP LEAKAGE REDUCTION IN A GAS TURBINE Public/Granted day:2021-04-15
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