Seal assembly for turbine system
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsRevanth Krishna Nallam, Debabrata Mukhopadhyay, Karthik Srinivasan
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Abstract
The disclosure includes a sealing assembly for a turbine system. In one embodiment, the sealing assembly is for a turbine having a rotor blade and a stator nozzle. The sealing assembly includes a pair of oppositely facing seal teeth including concave surfaces. The pair of oppositely facing seal teeth are positioned on one of the rotor blade and the stator nozzle, and are for sealingly engaging the other of the rotor blade and the stator nozzle during operation of the turbine.
Claims17
A seal assembly for a turbine having a rotor blade and a stator nozzle, the seal assembly comprising:
- a pair of seal teeth including oppositely facing concave surfaces, the pair of seal teeth positioned on one of the rotor blade or the stator nozzle for sealingly engaging the other of the rotor blade or the stator nozzle during operation of the turbine.
A seal assembly for a turbine having a rotor blade and a stator nozzle, the seal assembly comprising:
- a first pair of seal teeth positioned on the rotor blade;
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- a second pair of seal teeth positioned on the stator nozzle, the first pair of seal teeth and the second pair of seal teeth configured to sealingly engage the rotor blade and the stator nozzle during operation of the turbine;
- wherein each of the first pair of seal teeth includes a concave surface, the concave surfaces facing in an opposite direction with respect to one another, and
- wherein each of the second pair of seal teeth includes a concave surface, the concave surfaces facing in an opposite direction with respect to one another.
A turbine comprising:
- a rotor blade coupled to a rotor of the turbine;
- a stator nozzle coupled to a housing of the turbine, the stator nozzle positioned adjacent the rotor blade;
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- a seal assembly positioned on one of the rotor blade or the stator nozzle for sealingly engaging the other of the rotor blade or the stator nozzle during operation of the turbine, the seal assembly including a pair of seal teeth having oppositely facing concave surfaces.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.