Methods and apparatus for assembling turbine engines
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsDouglas Carl Hofer, Daniel Mark Brown, Scott William Blackwell, Norman Douglas Lathrop, Edward John Sharrow
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Abstract
A method for assembling a power system is provided. The method includes coupling a first turbine and second turbine together with a coupling that extends between a first rotor of a first turbine and a second rotor of the second turbine, and such that the first turbine has fluid flow along a first flow path, and the second turbine has fluid flow along a second flow path. The method further includes fixedly coupling an outer wall to the first turbine that directs fluid flow from the first flow path towards the second flow path.
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A method for assembling a power system, said method comprising:
- coupling a first turbine and second turbine together with a coupling that extends between a first rotor of a first turbine and a second rotor of the second turbine, and such that the first turbine has fluid flow along a first flow path, and the second turbine has fluid flow along a second flow path;
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- fixedly coupling an outer wall to the first turbine that directs fluid flow from the first flow path towards the second flow path.
A turbine for use in a power system, said turbine comprising:
- a first turbine having a first rotor and fluid flow along a first flow path;
- a second turbine having a second rotor and fluid flow along a second flow path;
- a coupling extending between said first and second turbines, said coupling for rotatably coupling said first turbine to said second turbine;
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- an outer wall coupled to said first turbine to direct fluid flow from the first flow path to the second flow path.
A power system comprising:
- a first turbine comprising a first rotor and fluid flow along a first flow path;
- a second turbine comprising a second rotor and fluid flow along a second flow path,
- a coupling extending between said first and second turbines for rotatably coupling said first and second turbines together;
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- an outer wall fixedly attached to said first turbine such that said outer wall directs fluid flow from the first flow path to the second flow path.
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