Turbomachine including clearance control system
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsMaruthi Prasad Manchikanti, Donald Earl Floyd, Wojciech Grzeszczak, Asish Uppath Naraparambath Ramesh
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AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsMaruthi Prasad Manchikanti, Donald Earl Floyd, Wojciech Grzeszczak, Asish Uppath Naraparambath Ramesh
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A gas turbomachine includes a compressor portion, a turbine portion operatively connected to the compressor portion, and a combustor assembly fluidically connected to each of the compressor portion and the turbine portion. A turbine casing includes a body having an outer surface and an inner surface. A clearance control system includes a plurality of fluidically connected fluid channels extending through the turbine casing. The plurality of fluidically connected fluid channels includes a first fluid channel configured to direct a fluid flow in a first axial direction, a circumferential fluid channel configured to direct the fluid flow in a circumferential direction, and a second fluid channel configured to direct the fluid flow in a second axial direction substantially opposite the first axial direction. The first fluid channel includes a first outlet passing through the inner surface, and the second fluid channel including a second outlet passing through the inner surface.
A gas turbomachine comprising:
A gas turbomachine comprising:
The gas turbomachine according to claim 17, wherein the tabulator is mounted to a rod extending through the at least one of the plurality of fluidically connected fluid channels, the plurality of lobes projecting radially outwardly of the rod.
A turbine casing for a gas turbomachine including a compressor portion, a turbine portion operatively connected to the compressor portion, and a combustor assembly fluidically connected to each of the compressor portion and the turbine portion, the turbine casing comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.