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US 2010/0300116 A1Published application
Expansion Hula Seals
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsKarthick Kaleeswaran, Ganesh Pejawar Rao
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Abstract
The present invention provides a hula seal for use with a combustor. The hula seal includes a number of legs that define a number of slots. The slots may include a number of expansion slots.
Claims17
A hula seal for use with a combustor, comprising:
- a plurality of legs;
- and
- the plurality of legs defining a plurality of slots;
- wherein the plurality of slots comprising a plurality of expansion slots.
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A method of operating a combustor, comprising:
- defining a number of expansion slots in a hula seal;
- positioning the hula seal about a combustor liner and a transition piece;
- and
- circumferentially spreading a leakage flow from the combustion liner through the expansion slots of the hula seal.
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A combustor, comprising:
- a liner;
- a transition piece;
- and
- a hula seal positioned about the liner and the transition piece;
- wherein the hula seal comprises a plurality of expansion slots.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.