TURBOMACHINE WITH A SEAL FOR SEPARATING WORKING FLUID AND COOLANT FLUID OF THE TURBOMACHINE AND USE OF THE TURBOMACHINE

摘要

Subject matter of the invention is a turbomachine as well as a use of the turbomachine. The turbomachine, for instance a gas turbine or a steam turbine, comprises a stator with at least one stator component, a rotor with at least one rotor component, at least one cavity between the rotor and the stator and at least one working fluid channel for channeling a working fluid for driving the rotor, wherein the working fluid channel is bordered by the stator component and the rotor component. The stator component comprises at least one coolant fluid channel for cooling the stator component with the aid of a coolant fluid and at least one separation barrier is arranged between the cavity and the coolant fluid channel for separating the working fluid channel and the coolant fluid channel from each other. The separation barrier comprises at least two piston rings, the two piston rings are axially arranged to each other defining a piston ring space between the piston rings. The piston ring space is a part of the coolant fluid channel and the piston rings are in sliding contact with a first one of the stator component.