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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 20, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 19, 2015
Applicant:
Alstom Technology Ltd, Baden, CH;
Inventor:
Timothy Stephen Rice, Warwickshire, GB;
Assignee:
General Electric Technology GmbH, Baden, CH;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D 5/10 (2006.01); F01D 5/30 (2006.01); F01D 5/06 (2006.01); F01D 25/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D 5/10 (2013.01); F01D 5/06 (2013.01); F01D 5/30 (2013.01); F01D 25/04 (2013.01); F05D 2220/31 (2013.01); F05D 2240/24 (2013.01); F05D 2260/963 (2013.01);
Abstract
A steam turbine with a resonance chamber in the outer annulus opposite a rotating blade row. The resonance chamber provides passive resonance to place the excitation at a frequency away from the natural frequency of the blades.