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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 13, 2018
Filed:
Oct. 15, 2014
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, München, DE;
Ralf Bell, Mülheim an der Ruhr, DE;
Isabell Böer, Mülheim an der Ruhr, DE;
Giuseppe Gaio, Bonn, DE;
Raimund Heinze, Oberhausen, DE;
Markus Legenbauer, Essen, DE;
Damian Razowski, Mülheim an der Ruhr, DE;
Thomas Riedel, Mülheim an der Ruhr, DE;
Stanislaw Ruda, Moers, DE;
Ralf Ziwes, Dinslaken, DE;
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT, , DE;
Abstract
A seal arrangement () for sealing an annular gap () between a high-pressure steam space () and an adjacent low-pressure steam space (). The gap is defined between two turbine casings () each split into two casing halves, the seal arrangement () has a seal element () which is formed in a segmented and annular manner and extends between the two turbine casings () and engages in an annular receiving groove () by means of at least one of its radial end regions. The seal arrangement () has at least one segmented ring () with a first circumferential surface () releasably attached to one of the turbine casings () in the region of the annular gap (), and has an opposite second circumferential surface () with the annular receiving groove () or, in a one-piece form, with the radially projecting annular seal element ().