Siemens Westinghouse Power Corporation

Siemens Aktiengesellschaft

Siemens Power Generation, Inc.

John Carl Glessner

Bernd Prade

Stefan Dahlke

Peter Tiemann

Robert James Bland

Stephen A Ramier

Tobias Buchal

Samer P Wasif

Michael Huth

Ricardo Ferreira Moraes

Jesse Eng

Ramarao V Bandaru

Harald Nimptsch

Anil Gulati

Roland Liebe

Daniel Hofmann

Karsten Jordan

Sven Bethke

Robert O Nicosia

Udo Schmitz

J Scott Markovitz

David Kargetta

Stefan Dahlk

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 attachment device for coupling one or more restrained members to a frame. In at least one embodiment, the attachment device may be configured to attach one or more turbine combustor liners to a carrier. The attachment device may include a body rotatable about an axis of rotation and including one or more arms for grasping an edge of at least one restrained member. A fastener may be coupled to the body for coupling the body to a frame. The attachment device may also include a retainer for preventing the fastener, which may be a threaded bolt, from becoming disengaged from the attachment device and traveling downstream in a turbine. An alignment device may be included for facilitating rotation of the body of the attachment device and engagement the arms with edges of retrained members. The alignment device may include an alignment indicator indicating a position of the arms.

Attachment device for turbine combustor liner

An attachment device for coupling one or more removable turbine components to a carrier of a turbine engine. The attachment device may include a securement structure rotatable about an axis of rotation and including one or more arms for grasping an arm extending from a support structure. A fastener may extend from the support structure and be inserted into a fastener receiving recess in the securement structure for preventing the securement structure from rotating and becoming disengaged from the support structure. The attachment device may also include a fastener retaining device for preventing the fastener, which may be a threaded bolt, from becoming disengaged from the attachment device, traveling downstream in a turbine, and damaging a turbine assembly.

Attachment device for removable components in hot gas paths in a turbine engine

A combustion chamber according to the invention, in particular for a gas turbine, includes at least one combustion chamber wall through which cooling fluid flows and at least one resonator device. The combustion chamber according to the invention is distinguished in that the resonator device is integrated into the combustion chamber wall in such a way that it has the cooling fluid flow passing there through.

Combustion chamber for a gas turbine with at least two resonator devices

A gas turbine engine () includes a cylindrical basket () having an axis () and a single main burner assembly () disposed within the basket. A burner insert () is disposed in an annular space between the burner assembly and the basket. The insert includes a face perpendicular to the axis of the basket. A plurality of passageways () are formed in the basket, positioned proximate to and downstream of the burner insert for allowing passage of a portion of an oxidizer flow () into a combustion chamber (). A fluid flow path (), defined between a combustion chamber liner portion () of the basket and a casing () spaced radially outward from the combustion liner portion, discharges a fluid into a flow reversal region () proximate an inlet () of the burner assembly. A fuel outlet () is disposed in the flow reversal region.

Gas turbine can annular combustor

A system for attaching liners to a carrier for forming inner surfaces of turbine combustor. The system may include one or more liners attached to a carrier using connectors engaged to the carrier on a cold side of the liner and may include one or more liners attached to the carrier using connectors engaged to a hot side of the liners. The carrier may include one or more access ports for accessing from the hot side connectors engaged to the carrier on the cold side. In at least one embodiment, the system may include attaching all liners, except for one liner, to a carrier using connectors coupled to the carrier on the cold side and may include attaching the one liner to the carrier using connectors coupled to the carrier on the hot side.

Attachment system for coupling combustor liners to a carrier of a turbine combustor

A catalytic combustor includes a frame and catalyst support plate assemblies carried by the frame. A catalyst support plate assembly includes a pair of opposing plates A, B, at least one having ridges A, B that define passageways between the pair of opposing plates. A catalyst is carried by the catalyst support plate assemblies . Both of the opposing plates A, B may have ridges A, B with valleys A, B between adjacent ridges. A pair of opposing plates A, B may be aligned and connected at opposing ridges A, B so that opposing valleys A, B define air passageways having predetermined shapes. The catalyst support plate assemblies may be arranged in back-to-back relation so that adjacent pairs of catalyst support plate assemblies define fuel/air passageways . Adjacent pairs of catalyst support plate assemblies may be offset from one another to define a nested configuration.

Catalyst support plate assembly and related methods for catalytic combustion

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Oviedo, FL, United States of America

John Carl Glessner