Patent ID: 7185498
Filing Date: 2007-03-06
Classification: F01D,F05D

Abstract:
1. A modularly assembled gas turbine comprising: a plurality of individually pressure-tight modules, each of said modules being exteriorly defined by an outer housing and interiorly defined by a inner wall, said inner wall partially delimiting a gas duct that conveys compressed gas from a turbine assembly of the gas turbine through said modules; each of said modules having a pressure-tight side wall interconnected between the respective outer housing and inner wall of the module, each pressure-tight side wall having an outer circumference that forms a flange that is bolt-connected to the respective outer housing of the module in sealing engagement therewith; and the outer circumferential flange of at least one of said pressure-tight side walls being bolt-connected between the outer housings of two adjacent modules and thereby forming a seal packing between the two respective outer housings in an assembled configuration of the gas turbine, and an exterior portion of said seal packing remains visible exteriorly of the assembled gas turbine thereby accommodating visual confirmation of the seal packing's orientation between the outer housings in the assembled configuration of the gas turbine.