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Title:
MECHANICAL SEALING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR ROTARY MACHINE
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2008116049
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:

To provide a device and method for keeping a contact force between a rotary part and a fixed part of a sealing device minimum while a rotary machine is in a transitional operating condition.

The rotary machine 10 includes a machine rotor 12, a machine stator 14, and a fluid seal 16 disposed between the machine rotor 12 and the machine stator 14. The fluid seal 16 includes a fluid seal stator 18, a fluid seal rotor 20, and an active gap control mechanism 44 coupled to the fluid seal stator 18. The fluid seal 16 is configured to control a gap 22 between the fluid seal stator 18 and the fluid seal rotor 20.


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Inventors:
SCHMITZ MICHAEL BERNARD
LUSTED RODERICK MARK
SALEHI MOHSEN
RUGGIERO ERIC JOHN
BALDASSARRE LEONARDO
Application Number:
JP2007285661A
Publication Date:
May 22, 2008
Filing Date:
November 02, 2007
Export Citation:
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Assignee:
GEN ELECTRIC
International Classes:
F16J15/40; F04D29/10; F04D29/12
Domestic Patent References:
JPH0240163U1990-03-19
JPH08121612A1996-05-17
JPS61157751U1986-09-30
JPH0372157U1991-07-22
Foreign References:
US4643437A1987-02-17
US4424975A1984-01-10
US4447063A1984-05-08
US4434987A1984-03-06
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Kenichi Matsumoto
Hirokazu Ogura
Toshihisa Kurokawa
Arakawa Satoshi