United Technologies Corporation

Roger E Paolillo

Michael J McCarthy

Ioannis Alvanos

James P Chrisikos

Charles C Wu

Kevin N McCusker

Paul B Greenberg

Cheng-Zhang Wang

Christopher William Moore

Stephen V Glynn

Keith R Boislard

Page Russell Palmiter

William R Pike

Brian Wylie

John Hardy

Paul J Deveau

A gas turbine engine is provided with turbine sealing structures including knife edge seals which extend at an angle relative to an axial center line of the engine. Each knife edge seal is associated with a control pocket defined between a radially inner surface and a spaced radially outer surface. The control pockets and their associated knife edge seals create a difficult flow path to prevent leakage into radially inner portions of the turbine section.

Gas turbine engine with canted pocket and canted knife edge seal

A gas turbine engine is provided with turbine sealing structures including knife edge seals which extend at an angle relative to an axial center line of the engine. Each knife edge seal is associated with a concave pocket defined between a radially inner surface and a spaced radially outer surface. The concave pockets and their associated knife edge seals create a pair of vortices which prevent leakage into radially inner portions of the turbine section.

Gas turbine engine with concave pocket with knife edge seal

A pump/flow guide is positioned in a gas turbine engine and attached to a transition duct to face a turbine disk. The pump/flow guide provides a smooth path for guiding purge flow to resist the ingestion of hot gas. One leg of the pump/flow guide extends radially outwardly and contacts the radially inner section of the transition duct that forms a 'fish mouth.' Spaced tabs on the pump/flow guide receive bolts to secure the pump/flow guide to the transition duct. The pump/flow guide thus provides a relatively smooth flow passage for purge gas flow.

Gas turbine engine with purge air pump and guide

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Method for controlling the clearance between rotating and stationary components of a gas turbine engine are disclosed. Techniques for achieving close correspondence between the radial position of rotor blade tips and the circumscribing outer air seals are disclosed. In one embodiment turbine case temperature modifying air is provided in flow rate, pressure and temperature varied as a function of engine operating condition. The modifying air is scheduled from a modulating and mixing valve supplied with dual source compressor air. One source supplies relatively low pressure, low temperature air and the other source supplies relatively high pressure, high temperature air. After the air has been used for the active clearance control (cooling the high pressure turbine case) it is then used for cooling the structure that supports the outer air seal and other high pressure turbine component parts.

Gas turbine engine active clearance control

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Roger E Paolillo