Patent ID: 9243505
Filing Date: 2016-01-26
CPC Classification: F01D,F23R

Claim Text:
1. A seal arrangement for a silo combustor comprising: a first casing and a second casing each forming a passageway for a hot gas flow; an annular channel surrounding the first casing and the second casing and forming a passageway for compressed air flow; an end portion of the first casing being disposed radially inside an end portion of the second casing such that the first and the second casing form an overlapping region having a radial gap; and a segmented seal having at least two adjacent segments disposed in the overlapping region so as to seal the radial gap, wherein the first casing includes a plurality of opening disposed in a region between the at least two adjacent segments, the plurality of openings disposed in at least one axially extending region of the first casing corresponding to a location of a width of the segmented seal in an axial direction and disposed opposite a gap between the at least two adjacent segments, the plurality of openings are not arranged in the remaining axially extending regions of the first casing.