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US 9,869,201 B2Granted
Impingement cooled spline seal
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsThomas Earl Dyson, Victor John Morgan, Neelesh Nandkumar Sarawate, David Benjamin Helmer
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Abstract
The present application provides a seal for use between adjacent turbine components and with a cooling flow. The seal may include an impingement baffle top plate, a base plate, and one or more spacer elements therebetween. The cooling flow provides cooling through the impingement baffle top plate.
Claims12
A turbine comprising:
- first and second adjacent turbine components;
- and
- a seal between the first and second adjacent turbine components comprising:
- an impingement baffle top plate with one or more impingement apertures therein;
- a base plate;
- and
- one or more spacer elements therebetween;
- wherein a cooling flow provides cooling to the seal through the impingement apertures of the impingement baffle top plate towards the one or more spacer elements and the base plate and exiting through the one or more spacer elements, the base plate, or a combination of the one or more spacer elements and the base plate.
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