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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 28, 2016
Filed:
Aug. 24, 2012
Edward Jay Cooper, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Peter John Eizenzopf, Altamont, NY (US);
Xiaoqing Zheng, Niskayuna, NY (US);
William Patrick Rusch, Amsterdam, NY (US);
Hemanth Gs Kumar, Bangalore, IN;
Craig Daniel Ivancic, Gloversville, NY (US);
Edward John Sharrow, Glenville, NY (US);
Edward Jay Cooper, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Peter John Eizenzopf, Altamont, NY (US);
Xiaoqing Zheng, Niskayuna, NY (US);
William Patrick Rusch, Amsterdam, NY (US);
Hemanth GS Kumar, Bangalore, IN;
Craig Daniel Ivancic, Gloversville, NY (US);
Edward John Sharrow, Glenville, NY (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A standard for supporting a turbine rotor and a turbine shell includes a bearing block including a housing enclosing bearing surfaces engageable by the turbine rotor. Turbine shell-arm supports are located on opposite sides of the housing, the turbine shell-arm supports each having a horizontal and one or more vertical surfaces adapted to be engaged by support arms of a turbine shell enclosing at least a portion of the turbine. An internal cooling/heating circuit is arranged to simultaneously cool or heat the bearing block and the turbine shell-arm supports to thereby reduce differential thermal growth characteristics of the turbine rotor and turbine shell.