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US 2013/0170960 A1Published application
Turbine assembly and method for reducing fluid flow between turbine components
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorRamesh Kempanna Babu
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Abstract
According to one aspect of the invention, a turbine assembly includes a stator and a rotor adjacent to the stator. The turbine assembly also includes a passage formed in a member coupled to the rotor to form a fluid curtain between the rotor and stator, wherein the fluid curtain reduces a flow between the stator and rotor.
Claims16
A turbine assembly comprising:
- a stator,
- a rotor adjacent to the stator;
- and
- a passage formed in a member coupled to the rotor to receive a flow of fluid to form a fluid curtain between the rotor and stator, wherein the fluid curtain reduces a fluid flow between the stator and rotor.
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A method for reducing fluid flow between turbine components comprising:
- flowing a hot gas across a stator;
- flowing the hot gas across a rotor adjacent to the stator;
- flowing a cooling air flow through radially inner portions of the stator and rotor;
- and
- flowing a fluid from a member on the rotor to the stator to reduce leaking of the flow of cooling air and the flow of hot gas between the stator and rotor.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.