Seal test fixture for a gas turbine fuel nozzle

摘要

A seal test fixture 500 for a gas turbine fuel nozzle 100 including: an enclosed container 502 for receiving a body 102 of the gas turbine fuel nozzle 100 including a seal 114; a test chamber 504 coupled to the enclosed container 502 for sealingly enclosing a flange 104 of the gas turbine fuel nozzle 100 and fluidly communicating with a leak path of the gas turbine fuel nozzle 100; an air injector opening 506 through which pressurized air is injected into a main fuel chamber 108 of the gas turbine fuel nozzle 100; and a pressure gauge 510 for measuring an air pressure within the test chamber 504.