General Electric Company

Jason Allen Seale

Hua Zhang

Dean Matthew Erickson

Gregory Allan Crum

Netaji Haribhau Mane

Michael Francis Michalski

Kenneth Damon Black

Kenneth Neil Whaling

John R Hess

Ibrahim Ucok

Brandon Taylor Overby

Joseph Kirzhner

Priscilla Childers

Mitch Mircea Orza

David William Hogg

Padmapriya Vijayakumar

Dean Mathew Erickson

A partially assembled casing for a turbine including: an assembly of connected casing sections, wherein the assembly does not form a complete casing for the turbine; a gap in the assembly of connected casing sections, wherein the gap corresponds to an absent casing section which is not included in the assembly of connected casing sections, and a frame inserted in the gap and providing structural support to the assembly of connected casing sections.

Lift device for turbine casing and method to lift the casing

A lifting fixture assembly adapted for shipping and/or lifting includes a lower turbine casing having two horizontal joint flanges adapted to engage mating flanges on an upper-turbine casing. The horizontal joint flanges are provided with plural bolt holes used for securing the upper turbine casing to the lower turbine casing. A plurality of cross-beams extend transversely across the lower turbine casing, removably secured to said horizontal joint flanges, using selected ones of the existing bolt holes.

Gas turbine half-casing lifting and shipping fixture

A shipping fixture for a turbine lower casing includes a frame having a substantially rectangular shape including a pair of elongated, laterally-spaced side beams and a pair of transverse end beams. A first lateral support structure extends between the side beams at a first location corresponding to a first vertically-oriented joint between the turbine compressor casing section and the turbine combustor casing section; and a second lateral support structure includes support blocks mounted on the side beams at a second location corresponding to a second vertically-oriented joint between the turbine combustor casing section and the turbine stage casing section.

Gas turbine half-casing shipping fixture

A impingement cooling system for heavy duty turbines that includes a manifold affixed to a casing of the heavy-duty turbine, wherein the manifold includes a plurality of impingement holes in the surface of the manifold and a blower that provides air flow across the plurality of impingement holes of the manifold to cool the casing of the heavy-duty turbine to control the clearance between a tip of a turbine blade and a shroud of the heavy-duty turbine.

Turbine case impingement cooling for heavy duty gas turbines

A turbomachine includes a compressor, a turbine, and a combustor operatively coupled to the compressor and the turbine. The combustor includes a combustor casing having a flange, an outer surface and an inner surface that defines an internal passage. The combustor casing includes an extruded fluid manifold mounted to the outer surface. The extruded fluid manifold includes first and second walls integrally formed with a third, connecting, wall. The first wall includes a first mounting element and the second wall includes a second mounting element. The first mounting element extends axially along the combustor casing away from the first wall and the second mounting element extends axially along the combustor casing away from the second wall and the first mounting element. The extruded fluid manifold is joined to the outer surface of the combustor casing through the first and second mounting elements.

Extruded fluid manifold for gas turbomachine combustor casing

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.

Apparatus and method for reducing eccentricity and out-of-roundness in turbines

Integrated support/thermocouple housing for impingement cooling manifolds and cooling method

A system for controlling the clearance between a turbine blade and the turbine casing that includes an impingement cooling manifold attached to a turbine casing, a temperature sensing device for determining the temperature of the turbine casing, a blower, a control system logic for determining the setting temperature of the casing, and a controller for controlling the blower, wherein the blower forces air onto the impingement cooling manifold to cool the casing towards the setting temperature and control the clearance.

Predictive model based control system for heavy duty gas turbines

A blade tip clearance probe holder including: a first housing in operable communication with a first feature of a casing for a rotary machine; a spring rod assembly in operable communication with the first housing; an electrical capacitance clearance meter in operable communication with the spring rod assembly; and a second housing in operable communication with the first housing wherein the second housing initiates a preload on the spring rod assembly and wherein the electrical capacitance clearance meter maintains a constant spatial relationship with a second feature of the casing for the rotary machine.

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Simpsonville, SC, United States of America

Jason Allen Seale