Power plants – Combustion products used as motive fluid – Combined with regulation of power output feature
Patent
1988-12-28
1990-06-12
Stout, Donald E.
Power plants
Combustion products used as motive fluid
Combined with regulation of power output feature
60 3936, 60760, 4151701, 4151721, 4151742, 4151743, F02C 308
Patent
active
049322079
ABSTRACT:
The clearance between a seal assembly 48 and a turbine wheel 16 in an engine of the type having a radial outflow compressor 24 and a radial inflow turbine 16 is minimized by forming the seal assembly 48 in part out of a plurality of segments 74 disposed in a circular array and which are relatively movable but sealed to each other. The thermal stress in the segments 74 will be less than in a single ring resulting in an extended life before the onset of cracking and eventual mechanical failure.
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Harris Derek P.
Light Stacey H.
Stout Donald E.
Sundstrand Corporation
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