General Electric Company

Pankaj Dhaka

Paul Mathew

Gautam Suresh Naik

Ravindra Shankar Ganiger

Kudum Shinde

Vidyashankar Ramasastry Buravalla

Disclosed herein are example variable flowpath casings for blade tip clearance control. An example casing for a turbine engine includes a first annular substrate extending along an axial direction, the first annular substrate defining a cavity at a radially inward surface of the first annular substrate, a second annular substrate positioned at least partially within the cavity of the first annular substrate, and a tension belt extending circumferentially around a periphery of the second annular substrate.

Variable flowpath casings for blade tip clearance control

A method for cooling a compressor section of a gas turbine engine includes sensing, via at least one first temperature sensor, a first temperature at the first location on a stationary assembly of the compressor section. The method also includes sensing, via at least one second temperature sensor, a second temperature at a second location on the stationary assembly of the compressor section. The second location is spaced apart from the first location. The method also includes determining, via a controller, a delta between the first temperature and the second temperature. Further, the method includes operating, via the controller, at least one cooling element when the delta exceeds a predetermined threshold, the at least one cooling element provided at the first location of the stationary assembly of the compressor section.

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