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US 2016/0102569 A1Published application
Steam turbine gland arrangement
AssigneeGeneral Electric Technology GmbH
InventorsFrederic SANTAIS, Laurent Asset
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Abstract
A steam turbine gland seal arrangement prevents leakage of steam from around a turbine rotor. The gland seal arrangement includes a chamber formed in a gland carrier attached to a casing component and a heat shield that partitions the chamber from the component.
Claims6
A steam turbine gland seal arrangement for preventing leakage of steam from around a turbine rotor, the gland seal arrangement comprising:
- a turbine casing component configured to be a portion of a steam turbine exhaust;
- a gland carrier mounted on the turbine casing component have a plurality of sealing rings arranged in series in a turbine axial direction for sealing along a turbine axial direction of the turbine rotor;
- at least two chambers formed in the gland carrier facing the turbine casing component;
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- a heat shield arranged to covering the chamber so as to partition the chamber from the turbine casing.
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