Non-contracting bidirectional seal for gaseous rotary machines

A rotary device has at least one seal arrangement between inner and outer components to constrain fluid flow there between. The seal arrangement has a smooth surface and an opposing surface with a plurality of grooves and lands along a length of the at least one seal with the lands are separated fro...

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Hauptverfasser: Wagner, Jerald G, Markham, David R
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Zusammenfassung:A rotary device has at least one seal arrangement between inner and outer components to constrain fluid flow there between. The seal arrangement has a smooth surface and an opposing surface with a plurality of grooves and lands along a length of the at least one seal with the lands are separated from the smooth surface by a predetermined gap. The grooves have a bottom surface substantially parallel to the smooth surface. The width of the lands is between about 125% to 145% of the width of the grooves. The groove depth is between about 30% to 50% of the width of the grooves. A corner radius between the bottom surface of the grooves and side walls of the grooves is between about 25% to 100% of the depth of the grooves.