Siemens Energy, Inc.

David L Wasdell

David Allen Little

John A Orosa

Matthew D Montgomery

Jose L Rodriguez

Gerard McQuiggan

Ali Akturk

Keith A Miller

Ram Bahadur Singh

An arrangement to control vibrations in a gas turbine exhaust diffuser is provided. The arrangement includes a protrusion coupled to a turbine exhaust cylinder strut for controlling shock induced oscillations in a gas turbine diffuser. The controlled shock induced oscillations minimize pressure fluctuations in the gas turbine exhaust diffuser such that an unsteadiness of the fluid flow surrounding the turbine exhaust cylinder strut is reduced. A method to fluid flow induced vibrations in a gas turbine diffuser is also provided.

Turbine exhaust cylinder strut strip for shock induced oscillation control

A midframe portion () of a gas turbine engine () is presented, and includes a compressor section () configured to discharge an air flow () directed in a radial direction from an outlet of the compressor section (). Additionally, the midframe portion () includes a manifold () to directly couple the air flow () from the compressor section () outlet to an inlet of a respective combustor head () of the midframe portion ().

Mid-section of a can-annular gas turbine engine with a radial air flow discharged from the compressor section

A wear indication system for use in turbine engines to measure the rate of gap closure between a seal holder and a rotor disk in a compressor blade assembly is disclosed. The wear indication system may include a support system capable of supporting a wear indicator formed from a relatively soft wear material without enabling the wear indicator to shift position or to fall out. One or more wear pins may be releasably attached to a compression plate with a seal holder. The seal holder may restrain the wear pin in position in an interference fit. During turbine engine operation, the wear pin is used to determine the rate of gap closing between a rotor disk and a seal holder precisely so that gas turbine engine repair can be scheduled and proper actions be taken to prevent rubbing between rotating and stationary parts of a compressor.

Wear pin gap closure detection system for gas turbine engine

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David L Wasdell