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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 23, 2021
Filed:
Mar. 21, 2019
Solar Turbines Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Scott L. Stafford, San Diego, CA (US);
Michael Theodore Austin, Murrieta, CA (US);
Matthew Novaresi, San Diego, CA (US);
James Maleski, San Diego, CA (US);
John Francis Lorentzen, El Cajon, CA (US);
Manuel Iribe-Moreno, San Diego, CA (US);
Garrett Prins, Poway, CA (US);
Keith Levon Harrell, El Cajon, CA (US);
Solar Turbines Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Abstract
This disclosure provides a seal strip assembly for a sealing strip slot to reduce air leakage between gas turbine nozzle segments. The seal strip assembly includes a bimetal element and a backing plate. The bimetal element includes a first layer with a first thermal coefficient of thermal expansion and a second layer with a second coefficient of thermal expansion. The second coefficient of thermal expansion is lower than the first coefficient of thermal expansion allowing the bimetal element to expand with an increase in surrounding temperature.