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Device for sealing gas turbine stator blades

US6217279A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateFeb 10, 1999
Grant dateApr 17, 2001
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Expiry dateFeb 10, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF02C7/18
  • WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A sealing device for a gas turbine stator blade, in which an outer shroud (32) is mounted by heat insulating rings (32a,32b) on a blade ring (50). The blade ring (50) has a first air hole (1), which communicates with a space (53), and a second air hole (51), which communicates with a seal tube (2). The seal tube (2) is inserted into the second air hole (51), and a spring (6) is arranged between a projection (4) of the tube (2) and a retaining portion (5) of the air hole (51) to removably secure the seal tube (2). Cooling air (54) flows through the first air hole (1) to cool the shrouds and the inside of a stator blade (31) until it is released from the trailing edge of the blade. The cooling air also flows into a cavity (36) so that a high pressure can be maintained without a pressure loss because the tube (2) is independent of the space (53) in the blade ring.

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