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Increased Efficiency
of Gas Turbines
DIETER SPORER With increasing fuel prices and significant pressure
ARNO REFKE to reduce emissions, the efficient use of fuels in gas
MARIAN DRATWINSKI turbines is gaining ever more attention. Abradable
MITCH DORFMAN seals in gas turbine compressors have contributed to
SULZER METCO improved efficiencies for quite some time now. To
IACOPO GIOVANNETTI further enhance efficiency, current efforts focus on
MASSIMO GIANNOZZI the seals in one of the hottest sections of the
MANUELE BIGI engine, the first turbine stage. Sulzer Metco and GE
GE OIL&GAS have designed and tested a new high-pressure
turbine abradable seal system in the framework of a
European consortium project led by GE Oil&Gas. In
the scope of this project, Sulzer Metco had
developed a novel ceramic coating for application by
atmospheric plasma spraying (APS). An engine test
verified performance and economic advantages of
the new seal system. The measured improvements in
engine performance exceed the expected gains as
predicted by model calculations.
pressure stage of the engine mod- the thermally induced radial dis- 20
el considered (Fig. 1). The turbine placements by 34%. Further, the
0
stage shows a monotonic clearance application of a ceramic, zirconia- 0 4000 16 000 20 000
trend: the minimum clearance based abradable decreases the cal- Time (s)
400
Acknowledgment
Work as presented here was in part sponsored by the European Com-
mission (EC) under an EESD FP5 project (acronym: ABRANEW;
project no. NNE5-2001-411). The support received from the EC to
1 mm
carry out the work is gratefully appreciated.
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