Systems and methods for thermal washers are described herein. A thermal washer may comprise a first metallic plate having a first inner surface and a first outer surface, a second metallic plate having a second inner surface and a second outer surface, the second metallic plate being oriented substantially parallel to the first metallic plate such that the first inner surface and the second inner surface are separated by a gap, and a thermal wool in contact with the first inner surface and the second inner surface, the thermal wool filling a void between the first inner surface and the second inner surface. A width of the thermal wool may be substantially equal to a width of the first metallic plate and a length of the thermal wool may be substantially equal to a length of the first metallic plate.

Systems and methods for thermal seals are described herein. A thermal seal may comprise a first metallic plate having a first inner surface and a first outer surface, a second metallic plate having a second inner surface and a second outer surface, the second metallic plate being oriented substantially parallel to the first metallic plate such that the first inner surface and the second inner surface are separated by a gap, and a thermal wool having a plate portion in contact with the first inner surface and the second inner surface, the plate portion filling a void between the first inner surface and the second inner surface, and having a shoulder portion extending from a perimeter of the plate portion, the shoulder portion extending outward from between the first metallic plate and the second metallic plate.

Sealing arrangements and turbomachines are provided. A sealing arrangement includes a transition duct having an upstream end and a downstream end. The transition duct includes an aft frame that circumferentially surrounds the downstream end of the transition duct. A first stage nozzle is spaced apart from the aft frame and defines a gap therebetween. A sealing assembly is coupled to the aft frame. The sealing assembly includes a flexible sealing element that extends from the aft frame, across the gap, to the first stage nozzle. The flexible sealing element is forced into sealing engagement with the first stage nozzle by pressure from a compressed working fluid. The sealing assembly further includes a heat shield disposed between the flexible sealing element and the aft frame. The heat shield terminates within the gap.

A variable geometry turbocharger (100) includes a bearing housing (10) including a bearing-housing side support portion (40) configured to support a radially outer portion (38) of a nozzle mount (16) from a side opposite to a scroll flow passage (4) in an axial direction of a turbine rotor (2), and wherein at least one of the following condition (a) or (b) is satisfied: (a) the bearing-housing side support portion (40) includes at least one bearing-housing side recess portion (46) formed so as to be recessed in the axial direction so as not to be in contact with the radially outer portion (38); (b) the radially outer portion (38) of the nozzle mount (16) includes at least one nozzle-mount side recess portion (62) formed so as to be recessed in the axial direction so as not to be in contact with the bearing-housing side support portion (40).

Provided is a turbine housing (10) having: a housing part (11) that forms a spiral space (S5) extending around a rotating shaft (40); a heat-shielding core (12) which is disposed in the spiral space (S5) and forms a spiral exhaust gas flow passage (S6) in which exhaust gas introduced from an exhaust gas introduction port flows; and a variable nozzle mechanism (13) that guides the exhaust gas to a turbine wheel, wherein heat-shielding spaces (S1, S2, S3) are formed between the inner circumferential surface of the housing part (11) and the outer circumferential surface of the heat-shielding core (12), and wherein the heat-shielding core (12) has a first flange part (12d) and a second flange part (12e) and is fixed between the variable nozzle mechanism (13) and the housing part (11) while a first sealing (14) is interposed between the first flange part (12d) and the variable nozzle mechanism (13).

A turbomachinery stator apparatus includes: a compressor casing including a casing wall defining an arcuate flowpath surface and an opposed backside surface, the flowpath surface defining at least two spaced-apart rotor lands, a stator vane row of stator vanes disposed inside the compressor casing, wherein the casing wall includes a heat shield positioned outboard of the rotor lands immediately upstream or downstream of the stator vane row, and wherein a) the casing wall includes the heat shield and b) the stator vanes form a single monolithic whole.

A heat insulating material assembly is provided with: a heat insulating material covering an outer surface of a casing of a gas turbine; and a guard part disposed so as to protrude from the outer surface of the casing and face an end surface of the heat insulating material. The heat insulating material is disposed outside an arrangement area of a plurality of openings for air intake from an external space into the casing and on an opposite side to the arrangement area across the guard part.

A system is provided, including a heat management system. The heat management system includes a thermal delivery system configured to providing heating, cooling, or a combination thereof, to a first zone of a turbomachinery, and a controller operatively coupled to the thermal delivery system and configured to control the heating, the cooling, or the combination thereof, of the first zone, to minimize or to eliminate positional changes, structural changes, or a combination thereof, in one or more components of the turbomachinery due to thermal energy.

A turbo shield with a slit, wherein the slit is configured to allow an inner diameter across the turbo shield to increase and decrease without altering the properties of fibers associated with the turbo shield.

Methods for depositing protective coatings on aerospace components are provided and include sequentially exposing the aerospace component to a chromium precursor and a reactant to form a chromium-containing layer on a surface of the aerospace component by an atomic layer deposition process. The chromium-containing layer contains metallic chromium, chromium oxide, chromium nitride, chromium carbide, chromium silicide, or any combination thereof.