General Electric Company

Hari K Meka

Michael Hogan

Sesha Subramanian

Vishnu Vardhan Venkata Tatiparthi

Vaishnav Raghuvaran

Srinivas Rao Pakkala

Raghuveer Chinta

Subodh Diwakar Deodhar

Jeyamani Doss

Anil Salunkhe

Sai Raju Ippili

Daniel O'Brien

Jeyamani M Doss

A gas turbine engine that defines a radial direction and axial direction. The gas turbine engine includes a compressor section that includes a high pressure compressor. The high pressure compressor includes an aft-most compressor stage. The aft-most compressor stage includes a rotor, a low pressure shaft, a high pressure shaft drivingly coupled to the high pressure compressor. The high pressure shaft includes a central spool member and a forward spool member. The forward spool member extending between the central spool member and the aft-most compressor stage. The aft-most compressor stage further includes an air guide coupled to the aft-most compressor stage and the high pressure shaft. The air guide and a radially inward side of the forward spool member together defines an air flow passage for providing a cooling air flow.

Air guide for a gas turbine engine

A pressure containing casing for a turbine engine. The pressure containing casing may include a first extraction cavity, a second extraction cavity, an interface between the first extraction cavity and the second extraction cavity, and a wing seal positioned within the interface.

Extraction cavity wing seal

Systems, methods and apparatus for passive purge flow control in a turbine are provided. Various embodiments of the invention include providing a path for air to flow to a bore of a rotor with a plurality of stacked wheels. The air flow path includes at least one inlet hole on a rotor structure and a plurality of holes in at least some of the stacked wheels. The method further involves control of air flow to the at least one inlet hole based at least in part on axial deflection between the rotor and an associated stator during the gas turbine operation. Additionally, a portion of the air flowing into the inlet hole is directed through the plurality of holes in the at least some of the stacked wheels to purge the rotor.

Systems, methods, and apparatus for passive purge flow control in a turbine

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