Turbo-machine with active electrical clearance control
AssigneeALSTOM Technology Ltd
InventorsWilhelm REITER, Stefan ROFKA, Giovanni CATALDI, Thomas Peter SOMMER
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Abstract
The disclosure relates to a turbo-machine comprising a stator and a rotor arranged rotatable inside the stator as well as at least one electric heating device which is arranged on the surface of at least part of the stator for active clearance control. Besides the turbo-machine, a method for operating the active clearance control comprising electric heating devices is disclosed.
Claims15
A turbo-machine comprising a stator, a rotor arranged rotatable inside the stator, and
- at least one electric heating device arranged on the surface of at least part of the stator for clearance control.
A method for operating a turbo-machine comprising a stator and a rotor arranged rotatably inside the stator and at least one electric heating device arranged on the surface of at least part of the stator;
- the method comprising
- controlling the at least one electric heating device to heat the at least a part of the stator for controlling the clearance between the rotor and the stator.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.