FACE SEAL WITH LOCALLY COMPLIANT HYDRODYNAMIC PADS

摘要

Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed toward a stator ring configured to be disposed about a rotor of a turbine, wherein the stator ring comprises multiple hydrodynamic pads extending from a sealing face of the stator ring, wherein each of the multiple hydrodynamic pads is configured to hydrodynamically engage with a rotor ring.