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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 19, 1979
Filed:
Jan. 09, 1978
Applicant:
Inventors:
Bruce W Gerhold, Rexford, NY (US);
Herman M Leibowitz, Schenectady, NY (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02C / ; F01D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
415115 ; 416 95 ;
Abstract
A turbine assembly is described comprising a casing, a rotor assembly disposed radially inwardly of the casing and adapted to discharge high velocity jets of liquid coolant toward the casing and a rotatable annular ring disposed intermediate the casing and rotor assembly. The ring includes a trough assembly so composed and arranged that liquid coolant impinging thereon is contained therein as a film and the ring rotates in response to such impingement. The ring speed is significantly less than the rotor speed such that erosion of the casing by the coolant is substantially reduced.