# US 9,518,473 B2 · Shaft seal insert

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- Number: US 9,518,473 B2
- Document ID: US9518473B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 14/110,198
- Filed: 2012-03-26
- Published: 2014-01-30
- Granted: 2016-12-13
- Earliest claimed: 2011-04-08
- Assignees: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
- Applicants: Gesinus Mateman
- Inventors: Gesinus Mateman
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US9518473B2

## CPC

- F01D 11/02: by non-contact sealings, e.g. of labyrinth type (for sealing space between rotor blade tips and stator F01D11/08)
- F01D 11/003: {by packing rings; Mechanical seals}
- F04D 29/124: {with special means for adducting cooling or sealing fluid}
- F16J 15/002: {comprising at least two sealings in succession (F16J15/162, F16J15/40 take precedence)}
- F16J 15/3464: {Mounting of the seal}
- F16J 15/40: by means of fluid
- F16J 15/44: Free-space packings
- F16J 15/447: Labyrinth packings
- F01D: NON-POSITIVE DISPLACEMENT MACHINES OR ENGINES, e.g. STEAM TURBINES (machines or engines for liquids F03; non-positive displacement pumps F04D)
- F04D: NON-POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT PUMPS (engine fuel-injection pumps F02M; ion pumps H01J41/12; electrodynamic pumps H02K44/02)
- F16J: PISTONS {(specially adapted for dampers F16F9/32)}; CYLINDERS; SEALINGS

## Abstract

A shaft seal insert for the shaft seal of a turbomachine extending along a rotational axis includes:—a rotor part attachable on a shaft of a rotor,—a stator part insertable into a stator receiving area, and—a dry gas seal having a rotating seal element attached to the rotor part and a fixed seal element attached to the stator part to seal an intermediate space between the two seal elements, which lie opposite each other on a sealing surface extending radially and in the circumferential direction. A labyrinth seal is provided on a high-pressure side in a serial arrangement with the dry gas seal to seal the intermediate space, having a fixed and rotating labyrinth seal parts. The fixed labyrinth seal part is part of the stator part or is fixed thereto. The rotating labyrinth seal part is part of the rotor part or is fixed thereto.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A shaft seal insert for a shaft seal of a turbomachine, which extends in an axial direction along an axis of rotation, the shaft seal insert comprising:
a rotor part which is configured such that it can be mounted on a shaft of a rotor which extends along the axis of rotation,
a stator part which is configured such that it can be inserted into a stator recess,
at least one dry gas seal having a rotating sealing element mounted on the rotor part and one static sealing element mounted on the stator part in order to seal an intermediate space between the rotating sealing element and the static sealing element,
wherein the static sealing element and the rotating sealing element are arranged facing each other on a sealing surface which extends radially and in the circumferential direction, wherein the shaft seal insert has a high-pressure side at one axial end and a low-pressure side at the other axial end,
wherein a labyrinth seal for sealing the intermediate space is provided on the high-pressure side in a serial arrangement with the dry gas seal, comprising a static labyrinth seal part and a rotating labyrinth seal part, wherein the static labyrinth seal part is either part of, or is securely mounted on, the stator part, and wherein the rotating labyrinth seal part is either part of, or is securely mounted on, the rotor part,
wherein the labyrinth seal is the axially outermost seal of the shaft seal insert on the high pressure side,
wherein a middle labyrinth sealing surface, which extends in the circumferential direction and in the axial direction, between the static labyrinth seal part and the rotating labyrinth seal part is arranged coaxially with the axis of rotation at a fifth diameter, wherein the outermost diameter of the sealing surfaces of the dry gas seal is smaller than the fifth diameter.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The shaft seal insert as claimed in claim 1, wherein the stator part having a first static seal on a first sealing diameter is configured such that the stator part can be inserted in a sealing manner into the stator recess.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The shaft seal insert as claimed in claim 1, wherein a middle labyrinth sealing surface, which extends in the circumferential direction and in the axial direction, between the static labyrinth seal part and the rotating labyrinth seal part is arranged coaxially with the axis of rotation at a fifth diameter, and a fourth static seal is arranged between the static sealing element and the stator part at a fourth diameter,
wherein the magnitude of the difference between the fourth diameter and the fifth diameter is less than 10% of the fifth diameter.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The shaft seal insert as claimed in claim 1, wherein the intermediate space has, between the labyrinth seal and the dry gas seal as seen in the axial direction, a sealing gas supply line for supplying a sealing gas between the labyrinth seal and the dry gas seal, wherein the shaft seal insert has, on the side of the dry gas seal which faces the low-pressure side, a sealing gas evacuation line for evacuating sealing gas which has passed through the dry gas seal.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The shaft seal insert as claimed in claim 1, wherein the rotor part having a second static seal at a second sealing diameter is configured such that it can be mounted in a sealing manner on the shaft.