Method and apparatus for minimizing leakage in turbine seals
CA 2253219 C · Owner: Mitola, Anthony F. · Inventors: Sanders, William P.; Mitola, Anthony F.
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The invention pertains to a method and apparatus for minimizing the leakage of working fluid through the fluid leakage path (L) of a turbine seal. The invention may be described in general terms as producing from rotary motion of the working fluid a region (58) of lowered pressure PL in the working fluid in a portion of the leakage path adjacent a high pressure P1 side of a sealing ring (50) of the seal. This function may be performed by producing and shedding vortices in the working fluid at one or more points about the circumference of the sealing ring (50). This function may be accomplished by providing a sealing ring having a tooth portion (54) provided in one or more tooth …
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- Filed May 2, 1997 and granted May 28, 2002. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended May 2, 2017.
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