Siemens Power Generation, Inc.

Siemens Energy, Inc.

Samuel R Farley

David M Freal

Joseph Marcus Emery

A seal assembly is provided to prevent leakage of cooling fluid from a generator housing. A bracketincludes an inlet connectable to power plant piping for receiving a supply of sealing fluid. The inlet is in communication with a bracket passagewayfor admitting the sealing fluid in a radially inner section of the bracket. A sealing cartridgeis mountable in an annulus defined by the bracket. The sealing cartridge includes at least one cartridge passagewayin communication with the bracket passageway for admitting the supply of sealing fluid and passing the supply of sealing fluid to establish a sealing boundary about the rotor shaft. At least one of the bracket or the sealing cartridge includes a first sealing fluid-distribution channelextending along a radial direction for providing fluid communication between the bracket passageway and the at least one passageway in the sealing cartridge.

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Oviedo, FL, United States of America

Samuel R Farley