Patent ID: 8001787

Claim:
A transition duct support system for a transition duct that channels hot gases from a combustor exit to a gas turbine inlet of a turbine engine, comprising: a transition duct body formed from an outer wall that forms an internal passage extending between an inlet and an outlet of the transition duct body; wherein the transition duct body includes an outlet transition section at the outlet in which at least a portion of the outlet transition section formed from a first wall is positioned at an oblique angle relative to the outer wall of the transition duct body; a transition support frame formed from a body positioned around the transition duct body at the outlet transition section; wherein the transition support frame includes at least one inner surface aligned with and positioned proximate to the first wall forming the portion of the outlet transition section that is positioned at an oblique angle relative to the outer wall of the transition duct body to limit linear axial movement of the transition duct body in a first direction; wherein the outlet transition section forming the outlet transition section includes a second wall positioned at a second oblique angle relative to the outer wall of the transition duct body, wherein the at least one inner surface of the transition support frame includes a second inner surface aligned with and positioned proximate to the second wall of the transition duct body to limit movement in a second direction that is different than the first direction; wherein the first and second walls are nonparallel; wherein the first wall is a sidewall of the outlet transition section of the transition duct body and the second wall is a radially outer wall of the outlet transition section of the transition duct body; wherein the outlet transition section of the transition duct body further comprises a first sidewall formed from the first wall, a second sidewall opposite to the first sidewall, and a radially inner wall opposite the radially outer wall; and wherein the first sidewall and second sidewall diverge from upstream to downstream and the radially outer wall and radially inner wall converge from upstream to downstream.