SEALING ASSEMBLY FOR ROTARY MACHINES

A sealing assembly is provided. The sealing assembly includes a foil disposed circumferentially around a rotating component and configured to provide primary sealing to the rotating component between high pressure and low pressure sides and a spring system disposed adjacent to the foil. The spring s...

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Hauptverfasser: VARADARAJAN KARTIK MANGUDI, DREXEL MICHAEL VINCENT, SALEHI MOHSEN, WOLFE CHRISTOPHER EDWARD, ERTAS BUGRA HAN, FANG BIAO
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:A sealing assembly is provided. The sealing assembly includes a foil disposed circumferentially around a rotating component and configured to provide primary sealing to the rotating component between high pressure and low pressure sides and a spring system disposed adjacent to the foil. The spring system includes a plurality of features to facilitate foil surface to follow excursions of the rotating component, wherein the plurality of features provide secondary sealing from the high pressure to the low pressure sides between the foil and a stationary component.