A balancing and sealing piston system for an integrated motor compressor is described. The system comprises a balancing piston designed to be mounted on a shaft of a motor compressor to compensate for the differential pressure applied to the impellers of the compression section of the motor compressor, and a sealing device surrounding the balancing piston and designed to be mounted on a case of the motor compressor to seal part of the compression section. The system further comprises a gas extraction port, the axial position of which is determined such that the pressure value of extracted gas is equal to a predetermined value that is less than the value of the discharge pressure.

An integrated turbomachine is described, comprising: a casing; an electric motor and a driven turbomachine component housed in the casing; a rotating shaft drivingly connecting the electric motor and the driven turbomachine component; a thrust bearing and a radial bearing rotatingly supporting the shaft; an axial locking device housed inside the casing, for applying a thrust to the shaft, parallel to the rotation axis (A-A) of the shaft, and comprised of an actuator member, configured to selectively activate and/or deactivate the axial locking device.

An apparatus and method for providing a pressurized air supply to a balance piston assembly to balance an axial load on a gas turbine engine compressor. The pressurized air supply can be supplied by mixing valve mixing a primary and secondary pressure bleed air supply relative to feedback received from the balance piston assembly to maintain a predetermined pressure at the balance piston assembly.

A gas turbine unit having a combustor having a liner, a turbine, arranged downstream of the liner along a main flow gas direction and including a plurality of first stage vanes, a rotor cover support located inwardly of the vanes, and a sealing arrangement at a combustor to turbine interface, wherein the sealing arrangement includes a first dogbone seal extending between the rotor cover support and an inner downstream end of the liner or between the rotor cover support and a bulkhead located at the inner downstream end of the liner.

A gas turbine unit having a combustor having a liner, a turbine, arranged downstream of the liner along a main flow gas direction and including a plurality of first stage vanes, a rotor cover support located inwardly of the vanes, and a sealing arrangement at a combustor to turbine interface, wherein the sealing arrangement includes a first dogbone seal extending between the rotor cover support and an inner downstream end of the liner or between the rotor cover support and a bulkhead located at the inner downstream end of the liner.

This control device comprises: an acquiring unit for acquiring, as a first inlet pressure, a pressure value of first steam on a first inlet side as seen from a first regulating valve of a first turbine that rotates using the first steam, which is supplied from the first inlet via the first regulating valve, and acquiring, as a second inlet pressure, a pressure value of second steam on a second inlet side as seen from a second regulating valve of a second turbine that rotates on the same rotating shaft as the first turbine using the second steam, which is supplied from the second inlet via the second regulating valve; and a control unit for regulating an opening degree of the first regulating valve and an opening degree of the second regulating valve in accordance with the first inlet pressure and the second inlet pressure.

Apparatus, systems, and articles of manufacture are disclosed to dynamically support axial thrust in pumps. An example apparatus disclosed herein includes a first thrust pad, a second thrust pad, and a thrust disc between the first thrust pad and the second thrust pad, the thrust disc including a first side adjacent to the first thrust pad. a second side adjacent to the second thrust pad, an outer surface, a first channel extending between the outer surface to the first side, and a second channel extending between the outer surface of the thrust disc to the second side.

Apparatus, systems, and articles of manufacture are disclosed to dynamically support axial thrust in pumps. An example apparatus disclosed herein includes a first thrust pad, a second thrust pad, and a thrust disc between the first thrust pad and the second thrust pad, the thrust disc including a first side adjacent to the first thrust pad. a second side adjacent to the second thrust pad, an outer surface, a first channel extending between the outer surface to the first side, and a second channel extending between the outer surface of the thrust disc to the second side.

This control device comprises: an acquiring unit for acquiring, as a first inlet pressure, a pressure value of first steam on a first inlet side as seen from a first regulating valve of a first turbine that rotates using the first steam, which is supplied from the first inlet via the first regulating valve, and acquiring, as a second inlet pressure, a pressure value of second steam on a second inlet side as seen from a second regulating valve of a second turbine that rotates on the same rotating shaft as the first turbine using the second steam, which is supplied from the second inlet via the second regulating valve; and a control unit for regulating an opening degree of the first regulating valve and an opening degree of the second regulating valve in accordance with the first inlet pressure and the second inlet pressure.

A turbine engine includes a spool with a compressor for providing a compressed air flow to a turbine, a shaft that connects the compressor and a turbine such that the compressor and the turbine rotate together, and a fuel supply. A combustor located downstream of the compressor receives and combusts the compressed air flow and the fuel supply, generating combustion gases. The combustion gases rotate the turbine, in turn rotating the spool. A balance piston for applying an axial force on the spool includes a rotating boundary portion and a fixed enclosure portion that does not rotate, defining a balance piston cavity. A water system provides water to the balance piston cavity, heat transfer from the balance piston to the water causes expansion of the water, the water in the balance piston cavity being balance piston fluid that is pressurized and applies an axial force to the spool.