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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 17, 2016
Filed:
Aug. 08, 2013
Applicant:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Inventor:
Stephen Raymond Donnelly, Saratoga Springs, NY (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D 11/02 (2006.01); F01D 3/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D 11/025 (2013.01); F01D 3/04 (2013.01); F05D 2220/31 (2013.01); Y02E 20/16 (2013.01);
Abstract
Systems and programs for controlling thrust in a turbine by adjusting the clearance between a packing seal and a rotating component are disclosed. In one embodiment, a system includes a controller configured to move a packing seal to a selected clearance position in response to a thrust pressure exceeding a target pressure, and a sensor coupled to the controller and configured to detect the thrust pressure.