Asea Brown Boveri Ag

Ulf Christian Muller

Jakob Keller

Bettina Paikert

Dirk Wunderwald

Joachim Bremer

Markus Loos

Mihajlo Bothien

Jurg Greber

Khawar Syed

Hugh Jackson

The object of the invention is to provide an improved method for sealing off the separating gap, formed between a rotor and a stator, in a non-contacting manner, with which method the service life of the components involved can be increased. In addition, an arrangement for carrying out the method is to be shown. According to the invention, this is achieved in that the flow layers (35, 36), having different circumferential velocities, of the working fluid (18) are divided after the choking action into a first partial flow (35') having a high circumferential velocity and a second partial flow (36') having a low circumferential velocity, the first partial flow (35') is merely deflected, only the second partial flow (36') is swirled and is finally directed parallel to the deflected first partial flow (35') into the latter. To this end, the opposing surface (24) of the choke point (22) is designed as a flow divider for the working fluid (18). The vortex chamber (23) adjoins the flow divider (24) and is arranged further upstream than the feed duct (29) for the next sealing element (21).

Method and arrangement for sealing off a separating gap, formed between

Described is a plenum, in particular the air plenum of a gas-turbine combustion chamber, having at least two flow inlets, for introducing gas flows into the plenum, in which the gas flows are guided essentially along the inner wall of the plenum and are directed toward one another in such a way that the gas flows, after coinciding, are directed as a free gas flow away from the inner wall. The invention is distinguished by the fact that at least one flow obstacle (11) oriented in interaction with the direction of flow of the gas flows (1, 2) guided on the inner wall (3) is provided on the inner wall (3).

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