Cantor Colburn LLP
Apparatus and method for reducing eccentricity and out-of-roundness in turbines
A turbine includes: a plurality of turbine blades arranged within a casing, the arrangement including a clearance between tips of the blades and the casing; a plurality of manifolds disposed proximate to the casing opposite the clearance, wherein each of the manifolds includes a plurality of impingement holes in the surface thereof; a source of clearance information; and a source of cooling air for supplying cooling air through a plurality of flow control devices to selected ones of the manifolds according to the clearance information. A system and a method are also provided.
General Electric Company
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Kenneth Neil Michael Francis Dean Matthew Jason Allen Hua
Whaling Michalski Erickson Seale Zhang