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公开(公告)号:US12203375B2
公开(公告)日:2025-01-21
申请号:US17871063
申请日:2022-07-22
Applicant: General Electric Company
Inventor: Narendra Anand Hardikar , Deepak Trivedi , Ravindra Shankar Ganiger , Scott Alan Schimmels , Kevin Richard Graziano
Abstract: A seal assembly at a rotor-stator interface includes at least one non-contacting seal interface and at least one rub detection feature. The rub detection feature(s) is configured to generate a signal upon the rotor and the stator making contact at the rotor-stator interface and causing wear above a certain threshold at the rotor-stator interface. The seal assembly also includes at least one sensor arranged at the rotor-stator interface. The sensor is configured to sense the signal. The seal assembly further includes a controller communicatively coupled with the sensor(s). The controller is configured to receive the signal and estimate at least one of an amount and a location of the wear at the rotor-stator interface based on the signal.
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公开(公告)号:US12116896B1
公开(公告)日:2024-10-15
申请号:US18189408
申请日:2023-03-24
Applicant: General Electric Company
Inventor: Grant Robert Portune , Steven Douglas Johnson , Mallikarjun Metri , Ajith Jogi , Pratish Patil , Nageswar Rao Ganji , Rahul Anil Bidkar , Prateek Jalan , Ravindra Shankar Ganiger , David Raju Yamarthi , Narendra Anand Hardikar , Chandrashekhar Kandukuri
CPC classification number: F01D11/001 , F01D11/025 , F01D11/04 , F01D25/22 , F16J15/40 , F16J15/445 , F16J15/164
Abstract: A turbine engine is provided. The gas turbine engine defines a radial direction and includes: a rotor; a stator comprising a carrier; a seal assembly disposed between the rotor and the stator, the seal assembly comprising a plurality of seal segments, the plurality of seal segments having a seal segment, the seal segment having a seal face configured to form a fluid bearing with the rotor; and a seal support assembly, the seal support assembly comprises a pneumatic engagement assembly operable to bias the seal segment along the radial direction during operation of the turbine engine.
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公开(公告)号:US12241375B2
公开(公告)日:2025-03-04
申请号:US18189379
申请日:2023-03-24
Applicant: General Electric Company
Inventor: Ravindra Shankar Ganiger , David Raju Yamarthi , Chandrashekhar Kandukuri , Deepak Trivedi , Narendra Anand Hardikar , Vidyashankar Ramasastry Buravalla , Steven Douglas Johnson , Amit Goyal , Grant Robert Portune , Himanshu Gupta , Srinivasan Swaminathan , Shalini Thimmegowda , Guru Venkata Dattu Jonnalagadda , Shalabh Saxena , Prateek Jalan
IPC: F01D11/02
Abstract: A turbine engine is provided. The turbine engine defines an axial direction and a radial direction, and includes: a rotor; a stator comprising a carrier; a seal assembly disposed between the rotor and the stator, the seal assembly defining a high-pressure side and a low-pressure side and comprising a plurality of seal segments, the plurality of seal segments including a seal segment having a seal face forming a fluid bearing with the rotor, a lip, and a body, the lip extending from the body along the axial direction of the turbine engine on the high-pressure side and including an outer pressurization surface along the radial direction of the turbine engine; and a seal support assembly, the seal support assembly comprising a spring arrangement extending between the carrier and the first seal segment to counter a pressure on the outer pressurization surface during operation of the turbine engine.
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公开(公告)号:US12215588B2
公开(公告)日:2025-02-04
申请号:US18190403
申请日:2023-03-27
Applicant: General Electric Company
Inventor: Tajinder Singh , Rajesh Kumar , David Raju Yamarthi , Bryan Jung Woo Hong , Narendra Anand Hardikar , Ravindra Shankar Ganiger , Jeffrey Douglas Rambo
IPC: F01D11/10
Abstract: A turbine engine includes a rotor, a stator, and a seal assembly disposed between the rotor and the stator. The seal assembly includes seal segment. The seal segment includes a seal face that is configured to form a fluid bearing with the rotor. A lift channel extends within the seal segment from an opening on the seal face. The turbine engine further includes a spring assembly disposed within the lift channel. The spring assembly including a biasing element and a piston element coupled to the biasing element. The lift channel includes a lift volume portion extending is between the opening and the piston element. The piston element is movable within the lift channel based on a pressure within the fluid bearing to adjust a size of the lift volume portion.
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公开(公告)号:US12215587B2
公开(公告)日:2025-02-04
申请号:US18189424
申请日:2023-03-24
Applicant: General Electric Company
Inventor: Narendra Anand Hardikar , David Raju Yamarthi , Rahul Anil Bidkar , Ravindra Shankar Ganiger , Prateek Jalan , Deepak Trivedi
Abstract: A turbine engine is provided. The turbine engine defines a radial direction and includes: a rotor; a stator comprising a carrier; a seal assembly disposed between the rotor and the stator, the seal assembly comprising a first seal segment, the seal segment having a seal face configured to form a fluid bearing with the rotor; and a seal support assembly, the seal support assembly comprising a prestressed spring assembly extending from the seal segment for biasing the seal segment along the radial direction.
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公开(公告)号:US11891898B2
公开(公告)日:2024-02-06
申请号:US18081245
申请日:2022-12-14
Applicant: General Electric Company
Inventor: Narendra Anand Hardikar , Scott Alan Schimmels
IPC: F01D11/00
CPC classification number: F01D11/003 , F05D2240/55
Abstract: A rotary machine includes a stator and a rotor configured to rotate with respect to the stator. The rotor is arranged with the stator at a rotor-stator interface and defines a rotor face. Further, the rotary machine includes a seal assembly at the rotor-stator interface. The seal assembly includes at least one seal and a groove formed into the rotor at the rotor-stator interface. In addition, the seal assembly includes a removable insert positioned within the groove of the seal assembly and defining at least a portion of the rotor face. As such, during operation of the rotary machine, if the rotor and the stator make undesirable contact at the rotor-stator interface, the removable insert becomes damaged to prevent damage from occurring to the rotor and the stator.
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公开(公告)号:US20240418130A1
公开(公告)日:2024-12-19
申请号:US18362341
申请日:2023-07-31
Applicant: General Electric Company
Inventor: Narendra Anand Hardikar
Abstract: A gas turbine engine includes a compressor section, a combustion section, and a turbine section arranged in serial flow order and defining a working gas flowpath, a compressor of the compressor section comprising an aft-most compressor stage; a stage of stator vanes located downstream of the aft-most compressor stage; a stator case including a seal pad; and a spool drivingly coupled to the compressor, the spool and the stator case together defining a rotor cavity in fluid communication with the working gas flowpath, the spool comprising a seal tooth assembly, the seal tooth assembly including a seal support extension, a seal tooth extending from the seal support extension toward the seal pad, and a dampener operable with the seal support extension.
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公开(公告)号:US20240318571A1
公开(公告)日:2024-09-26
申请号:US18357374
申请日:2023-07-24
Applicant: General Electric Company
CPC classification number: F01D11/025 , F01D11/08 , F16J15/442
Abstract: A turbine engine is provided. The gas turbine engine defines a radial direction, and includes: a rotor; a stator comprising a carrier; a seal assembly disposed between the rotor and the stator, the seal assembly comprising a seal segment having a seal face forming a fluid bearing with the rotor; and a seal support assembly comprising a torsional spring extension extending from the carrier, from the seal segment, or both, to bias the seal segment along the radial direction.
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公开(公告)号:US20240318570A1
公开(公告)日:2024-09-26
申请号:US18189379
申请日:2023-03-24
Applicant: General Electric Company
Inventor: Ravindra Shankar Ganiger , David Raju Yamarthi , Chandrashekhar Kandukuri , Deepak Trivedi , Narendra Anand Hardikar , Vidyashankar Ramasastry Buravalla , Steven Douglas Johnson , Amit Goyal , Grant Robert Portune , Himanshu Gupta , Srinivasan Swaminathan , Shalini Thimmegowda , Guru Venkata Dattu Jonnalagadda , Shalabh Saxena , Prateek Jalan
IPC: F01D11/02
CPC classification number: F01D11/025 , F05D2240/53 , F05D2240/55 , F05D2260/38
Abstract: A turbine engine is provided. The turbine engine defines an axial direction and a radial direction, and includes: a rotor; a stator comprising a carrier; a seal assembly disposed between the rotor and the stator, the seal assembly defining a high-pressure side and a low-pressure side and comprising a plurality of seal segments, the plurality of seal segments including a seal segment having a seal face forming a fluid bearing with the rotor, a lip, and a body, the lip extending from the body along the axial direction of the turbine engine on the high-pressure side and including an outer pressurization surface along the radial direction of the turbine engine; and a seal support assembly, the seal support assembly comprising a spring arrangement extending between the carrier and the first seal segment to counter a pressure on the outer pressurization surface during operation of the turbine engine.
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公开(公告)号:US20240426222A1
公开(公告)日:2024-12-26
申请号:US18751022
申请日:2024-06-21
Applicant: General Electric Company
Inventor: Deepak Trivedi , Rahul Anil Bidkar , Bugra H. Ertas , Narendra Anand Hardikar , Ravindra Shankar Ganiger
Abstract: This disclosure is directed to seal assemblies for a turbomachine. The seal assemblies include one or more paired rotors and stators and at least one interface between the rotors and the stators. The components of the stator may be axially and radially movable by vibrations and other mechanical interference. The stators comprise a sealing element, a seal housing, and a stator interface connected to the engine housing. In some examples, seal assembly includes a damping element to isolate one or more of the rotating components from vibrations mechanical interference that might misalign the rotating components from the stationary components while the turbomachine is operational. In some examples, the damping element is positioned between the seal housing and the stator interface. In other examples, the damping element is positioned between the stator interface and the engine housing.
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