Solar Turbines Inc.

Jean-Luc Di Liberti

Rainer Kurz

Donghui Zhang

A system includes a compressor. The compressor has a center body and an end cap coupled to the center body at a connection interface. The system also includes a sealing system. The sealing system includes an annular duct circumferentially extending along a connection interface between the center body and the end cap. The sealing system also includes a conduit coupled to the annular duct. The system further includes a vacuum source in fluid communication with the annular duct via the conduit. In an operational state of the vacuum source, the vacuum source is configured to generate a vacuum in the annular duct to direct gases leaking through the connection interface in the annular duct.

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Jean-Luc Di Liberti