Abstract:
The present application provides slot seals for reducing leakages between adjacent components of turbomachinery. The seals may include a metallic shim and a coating overlying the metallic shim. The coating may be a metallic coating, a glass coating, an enamel coating or a ceramic coating. The coating may form an outer surface of the seal for engagement with seal slot surfaces of a seal slot of a turbomachine. The coating may be operable to conform to surface irregularities of the seal slot surfaces and remain coupled to the metallic shim at a predefined operating temperature and a predefined operating pressure to reduce leakage past the seal and thereby between the components. The coating may be configured to flow into depressions formed by the surface irregularities of the seal slot surfaces and remain coupled to the metallic shim at the predefined operating temperature and the predefined operating pressure.
Abstract:
The present invention is directed to a squeegee apparatus which includes a main housing including an inlet end and an outlet end, the outlet end including an extrusion face and a protruding lip member, the inlet end including an inlet opening and the extrusion face including at least one outlet opening, wherein the inlet opening and the at least one outlet opening are in fluid communication with each other within the main housing. The present invention is also directed to a method for repairing a thermal barrier coating with a squeegee apparatus including supplying a repair composition into the inlet opening of the squeegee apparatus and depositing the repair composition from the at least one outlet opening onto the damaged region and concurrently traversing the squeegee apparatus over the damaged region while contacting a thermal barrier coating adjacent to the damaged region with the lip member.
Abstract:
Various embodiments include a gas turbine seal and methods of forming such seal. The method of forming the seal includes forming a freestanding ceramic seal for sealing in a gas turbine by applying a ceramic material on a substrate to form a ceramic layer, removing the substrate from the ceramic layer and finishing the ceramic layer to define the freestanding ceramic seal. The method includes depositing particles of the ceramic material in one of a molten or vapor state on a surface of the substrate and quenching the ceramic material to form the ceramic layer. The ceramic material comprises yttria-stabilized zirconia having a t′ tetragonal structure. A gas turbine including the freestanding ceramic seal is additionally disclosed.
Abstract:
A coated seal slot system for turbomachinery includes a first turbine component comprising a first groove having at least one first coating attached to at least a portion of the first groove of the first turbine component, a second turbine component comprising a second groove having at least one second coating attached to at least a portion of the second groove of the second turbine component. The first and the second turbine components are disposable adjacent to each other with the first groove having the first coating and the second groove having the second coating together forming a coated seal slot extending across a gap between the first turbine component and the second turbine component. A seal is disposable in the coated seal slot and extendable across the gap between the first and the second turbine components and engageable with the first coating and the second coating to inhibit leakage of gas through the gap.
Abstract:
A scintillator composition is described. The scintillator composition includes a matrix material and an activator. The matrix material includes at least one alkali metal or thallium; at least one alkali metal, different than the previously selected alkali metal; at least one lanthanides; and at least two halogens. The activator is cerium. Further, radiation detectors, which include the scintillator composition and methods for detecting high-energy radiation are also described and form part of this disclosure.