CA2862644C - Gas turbine engine tip clearance control - Google Patents
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- CA2862644C CA2862644C CA2862644A CA2862644A CA2862644C CA 2862644 C CA2862644 C CA 2862644C CA 2862644 A CA2862644 A CA 2862644A CA 2862644 A CA2862644 A CA 2862644A CA 2862644 C CA2862644 C CA 2862644C
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Classifications
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F01—MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL; STEAM ENGINES
- F01D—NON-POSITIVE DISPLACEMENT MACHINES OR ENGINES, e.g. STEAM TURBINES
- F01D11/00—Preventing or minimising internal leakage of working-fluid, e.g. between stages
- F01D11/08—Preventing or minimising internal leakage of working-fluid, e.g. between stages for sealing space between rotor blade tips and stator
- F01D11/14—Adjusting or regulating tip-clearance, i.e. distance between rotor-blade tips and stator casing
- F01D11/20—Actively adjusting tip-clearance
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F01—MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL; STEAM ENGINES
- F01D—NON-POSITIVE DISPLACEMENT MACHINES OR ENGINES, e.g. STEAM TURBINES
- F01D5/00—Blades; Blade-carrying members; Heating, heat-insulating, cooling or antivibration means on the blades or the members
- F01D5/12—Blades
- F01D5/14—Form or construction
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F01—MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL; STEAM ENGINES
- F01D—NON-POSITIVE DISPLACEMENT MACHINES OR ENGINES, e.g. STEAM TURBINES
- F01D11/00—Preventing or minimising internal leakage of working-fluid, e.g. between stages
- F01D11/08—Preventing or minimising internal leakage of working-fluid, e.g. between stages for sealing space between rotor blade tips and stator
- F01D11/14—Adjusting or regulating tip-clearance, i.e. distance between rotor-blade tips and stator casing
- F01D11/20—Actively adjusting tip-clearance
- F01D11/22—Actively adjusting tip-clearance by mechanically actuating the stator or rotor components, e.g. moving shroud sections relative to the rotor
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F01—MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL; STEAM ENGINES
- F01D—NON-POSITIVE DISPLACEMENT MACHINES OR ENGINES, e.g. STEAM TURBINES
- F01D11/00—Preventing or minimising internal leakage of working-fluid, e.g. between stages
- F01D11/08—Preventing or minimising internal leakage of working-fluid, e.g. between stages for sealing space between rotor blade tips and stator
- F01D11/14—Adjusting or regulating tip-clearance, i.e. distance between rotor-blade tips and stator casing
- F01D11/20—Actively adjusting tip-clearance
- F01D11/24—Actively adjusting tip-clearance by selectively cooling-heating stator or rotor components
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F05—INDEXING SCHEMES RELATING TO ENGINES OR PUMPS IN VARIOUS SUBCLASSES OF CLASSES F01-F04
- F05D—INDEXING SCHEME FOR ASPECTS RELATING TO NON-POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT MACHINES OR ENGINES, GAS-TURBINES OR JET-PROPULSION PLANTS
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- Structures Of Non-Positive Displacement Pumps (AREA)
- Turbine Rotor Nozzle Sealing (AREA)
Applications Claiming Priority (3)
| Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
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| US201161581793P | 2011-12-30 | 2011-12-30 | |
| US61/581,793 | 2011-12-30 | ||
| PCT/US2012/072133 WO2013141937A1 (en) | 2011-12-30 | 2012-12-28 | Gas turbine engine tip clearance control |
Publications (2)
| Publication Number | Publication Date |
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| CA2862644A1 CA2862644A1 (en) | 2013-09-26 |
| CA2862644C true CA2862644C (en) | 2019-08-27 |
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| Application Number | Title | Priority Date | Filing Date |
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| CA2862644A Expired - Fee Related CA2862644C (en) | 2011-12-30 | 2012-12-28 | Gas turbine engine tip clearance control |
Country Status (4)
| Country | Link |
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| US (1) | US20140314567A1 (de) |
| EP (1) | EP2805025B1 (de) |
| CA (1) | CA2862644C (de) |
| WO (1) | WO2013141937A1 (de) |
Families Citing this family (3)
| Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
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| PL225446B1 (pl) * | 2013-04-30 | 2017-04-28 | Gen Electric | Zespół sterowania cieplnego dla turbiny, zespół wytwarzania energii elektrycznej zawierający turbinę oraz turbina zawierająca zespół sterowania cieplnego |
| US10472986B2 (en) * | 2014-01-24 | 2019-11-12 | United Technologies Corporation | Systems for thermoelectric cooling for jet aircraft propulsion systems |
| US10938328B2 (en) | 2016-06-22 | 2021-03-02 | General Electric Company | Harvesting energy from composite aircraft engine components |
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| US2994472A (en) * | 1958-12-29 | 1961-08-01 | Gen Electric | Tip clearance control system for turbomachines |
| US4326804A (en) * | 1980-02-11 | 1982-04-27 | General Electric Company | Apparatus and method for optical clearance determination |
| GB2117450B (en) * | 1981-03-20 | 1984-06-27 | Rolls Royce | Casing support for a gas turbine engine |
| US5216887A (en) * | 1987-06-30 | 1993-06-08 | Kabushiki Kaisha Komatsu Seisakusho | Radiative-type air-conditioning unit |
| US5667358A (en) * | 1995-11-30 | 1997-09-16 | Westinghouse Electric Corporation | Method for reducing steady state rotor blade tip clearance in a land-based gas turbine to improve efficiency |
| GB2388407B (en) * | 2002-05-10 | 2005-10-26 | Rolls Royce Plc | Gas turbine blade tip clearance control structure |
| WO2006059982A1 (en) * | 2004-12-01 | 2006-06-08 | United Technologies Corporation | Remote engine fuel control and electronic engine control for turbine engine |
| US20070277866A1 (en) * | 2006-05-31 | 2007-12-06 | General Electric Company | Thermoelectric nanotube arrays |
| JP2008157340A (ja) * | 2006-12-22 | 2008-07-10 | Ntn Corp | 転がり軸受 |
| US9018512B2 (en) * | 2007-12-21 | 2015-04-28 | The Boeing Company | Thermoelectric generation system |
| FR2942077B1 (fr) * | 2009-02-06 | 2013-08-16 | Turbomeca | Generation thermoelectrique pour turbine a gaz |
| FR2943093B1 (fr) * | 2009-03-16 | 2015-04-24 | Snecma | Dispositif de reglage de la position radiale et/ou axiale d'une virole de stator de turbomachine |
| FR2943717B1 (fr) * | 2009-03-27 | 2016-02-19 | Snecma | Stator de compresseur ou turbine de turbomachine permettant un controle du jeu en sommet d'aubes d'un rotor en regard |
| US8578696B2 (en) * | 2010-08-03 | 2013-11-12 | General Electric Company | Turbulated arrangement of thermoelectric elements for utilizing waste heat generated from turbine engine |
| US20120118345A1 (en) * | 2010-11-15 | 2012-05-17 | The Boeing Company | Thermal integration of thermoelectronic device |
| US9057282B2 (en) * | 2011-11-22 | 2015-06-16 | General Electric Company | Systems and methods for adjusting clearances in turbines |
| US9151176B2 (en) * | 2011-11-22 | 2015-10-06 | General Electric Company | Systems and methods for adjusting clearances in turbines |
| US8776530B2 (en) * | 2011-11-23 | 2014-07-15 | General Electric Company | Gas turbine engine lockout reduction |
| WO2013141938A1 (en) * | 2011-12-30 | 2013-09-26 | Rolls-Royce North American Technologies, Inc. | Gas turbine engine tip clearance control |
| EP2664746A3 (de) * | 2012-05-16 | 2014-04-23 | General Electric Company | Systeme und Verfahren zur Abstandsanpassung in Turbinen |
| PL225446B1 (pl) * | 2013-04-30 | 2017-04-28 | Gen Electric | Zespół sterowania cieplnego dla turbiny, zespół wytwarzania energii elektrycznej zawierający turbinę oraz turbina zawierająca zespół sterowania cieplnego |
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- 2012-12-28 EP EP12872268.3A patent/EP2805025B1/de active Active
- 2012-12-28 WO PCT/US2012/072133 patent/WO2013141937A1/en active Application Filing
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| EP2805025A1 (de) | 2014-11-26 |
| EP2805025A4 (de) | 2015-11-11 |
| US20140314567A1 (en) | 2014-10-23 |
| CA2862644A1 (en) | 2013-09-26 |
| EP2805025B1 (de) | 2018-05-02 |
| WO2013141937A1 (en) | 2013-09-26 |
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Legal Events
| Date | Code | Title | Description |
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| EEER | Examination request |
Effective date: 20171227 |
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| MKLA | Lapsed |
Effective date: 20201229 |