IP Library Granted Patent US 7,121,790
Granted Patent B2
US 7,121,790 · App. 10/865,844 · Granted Oct 17, 2006

Gas turbine arrangement

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Patent No.
US 7,121,790
App. No.
10/865,844
Granted
Oct 17, 2006
Kind
B2
Abstract

A gas turbine arrangement with heat accumulation segments ( 3 ) which are arranged, opposite moving blades, on a casing of the gas turbine, and with guide vanes ( 1 ) which are arranged adjacently to the heat accumulation segments ( 3 ) over the circumference between the casing of the gas turbine and the rotor, the moving blades and the guide vanes ( 1 ) being arranged in a hot-gas duct ( 5 ) of the gas turbine. At least one sealing element ( 4 ) arranged over the circumference is present between the guide vanes ( 1 ) and the heat accumulation segments ( 3 ) and can be separated from the hot-gas duct ( 5 ) by means of a protective shield ( 6 ).

Claims (20)

1. A gas turbine arrangement, comprising:

a gas turbine casing defining a circumference;

a gas turbine rotor defining a circumference;

moving blades arranged over the rotor circumference;

a carrier arranged over the casing circumference;

a turbine hot-gas duct;

guide vanes arranged over the circumference of the casing;

heat accumulation segments arranged on the carrier opposite the moving blades and adjacent to the guide vanes;

at least one sealing element arranged between the guide vanes and the heat accumulation segments; and

a protective shield arranged between the at least one sealing element and the hot-gas duct, separating the at least one sealing element from the hot-gas duct.

2. The gas turbine arrangement as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the rotor defines an radially outward direction and the at least one sealing element has a W-shape oriented in the rotor radially outward direction.

3. The gas turbine arrangement as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the sealing element, the protective shield, or both, are segmented over the circumference.

4. The gas turbine arrangement as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the sealing element, the protective shield, or both, comprises between four to eight segments.

5. The gas turbine arrangement as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the heat accumulation segment comprises a step; and

wherein the sealing element and the protective shield are arranged in or on the step of the heat accumulation segment.

6. The gas turbine arrangement as claimed in claim 5 , wherein the protective shield has an L-shape.

7. The gas turbine arrangement as claimed in claim 6 , wherein the protective shield is arranged horizontally on the step.

8. The gas turbine arrangement as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the sealing element, the protective shield, or both, comprise a nickel- or cobalt-based superalloy.

9. The gas turbine arrangement as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising:

a metallic coating which coats the sealing element, the protective shield, or both.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 16, 2017
From: GENERAL ELECTRIC TECHNOLOGY GMBH
To: ANSALDO ENERGIA IP UK LIMITED
Reel/Frame 041731/0626 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Mar 22, 2016
From: ALSTOM TECHNOLOGY LTD
To: GENERAL ELECTRIC TECHNOLOGY GMBH
Reel/Frame 038216/0193 →