Low flow fluid film seal for hydrogen cooled generators

摘要

In a hydrogen cooled generator, a seal casing has a chamber opening radially inwardly for receiving a pair of seal rings forming a fluid film along the interface between the rings and the rotor. A spring biases the seal rings against axial spaced flanges of the seal casing and static oil sealing grooves are provided at the interface of the seal rings and flanges. A brush seal is carried by one or both of the seal rings or by the seal casing and has bristles for engaging the surface of the rotor. The combination of seal rings and brush seal form a low flow fluid film seal maintaining the hydrogen atmosphere and oil on opposite sides of the housing wall and the seal casing segregated from one another.