Siemens Aktiengesellschaft

Siemens Power Generation, Inc.

Daniel Hofmann

Christine Taut

Milan Schmahl

Uwe Rettig

Hans Maghon

Paul-Heinz Jeppel

Jay Alan Morrison

Gary Brian Merrill

Michael Anthony Burke

Marc Tertilt

Daniel George Thompson

John Carl Glessner

Jesse Eng

Stefan Dahlke

Roland Liebe

Stefan Hoffmann

Kenneth Michael Tamaddoni-Jahromi

An inventive hot gas seal for sealing an opening, e.g. a gap or hole, in a heat shield element or between heat shield elements of a heat shield or a liner comprises at least one resilient portion for providing a force which is designed such that the hot gas seal can be held in said opening by said force and/or that the sealing efficiency of the hot gas seal is increased by said force. Thus, further means for holding the seal in place and/or for increasing the sealing efficiency are not necessary. The invention is particularly useful if the design of said resilient portion is such that the force provides a holding action and increases the sealing efficiency, at the same time.

Hot gas seal

An article comprising a ceramic material having a ceramic matrix composite backing adapted for use in a gas turbine engine is provided. The article comprises a structural ceramic material having a hot side facing toward a high temperature environment and a cold side facing away from the high temperature environment; and a ceramic matrix composite composition having a strength greater than the strength of the ceramic material attached to the back of the cold side of the ceramic material, whereby crack initiation and propagation are inhibited by the ceramic matrix composition to a greater degree than by the ceramic material.

Ceramic material having ceramic matrix composite backing and method of manufacturing

A thermal shielding brick is useable for lining a combustion chamber wall. The thermal shielding brick has a hot side, which can be exposed to a hot medium a wall side located opposite the hot side, and a peripheral side that is joined to the hot side and to the wall side. A damping element is placed on the peripheral side and effectively prevents fragments from detaching from the thermal shielding brick if broken. A combustion chamber having an inner combustion chamber lining, includes the thermal shielding bricks. Further, a gas turbine, includes the combustion chamber.

Thermal shielding brick for lining a combustion chamber wall, combustion chamber and a gas turbine

The invention relates to a heat-shield brick, in particular for lining a combustion chamber wall, comprising a hot side that can be exposed to a hot medium, a wall side that lies opposite said hot side and a peripheral side that lies adjacent to the hot side and the wall side and that has peripheral lateral face. A tensioning element, pre-stressed in the peripheral direction is provided on the peripheral side, whereby a compressive stress generated perpendicularly to the peripheral lateral face. The invention also relates to a combustion chamber comprising a combustion chamber lining, which has heat-shield bricks of this type and to a gas turbine comprising a combustion chamber.

Heat-shield brick, combustion chamber comprising an internal, combustion chamber lining and a gas turbine

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