US 7,473,072 B2
Turbine blade tip and shroud clearance control coating system
Malak F. Malak, Tempe, Ariz. (US); Derek Raybould, Denville, N.J. (US); and Thomas E. Strangman, Prescott, Ariz. (US)
Assigned to Honeywell International Inc., Morristown, N.J. (US)
Filed on Aug. 31, 2005, as Appl. No. 11/218,074.
Claims priority of provisional application 60/648725, filed on Feb. 01, 2005.
Prior Publication US 2006/0171813 A1, Aug. 03, 2006
Int. Cl. F01D 5/20 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 415—173.4  [415/174.4] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A turbine blade tip and shroud clearance control coating system comprising:
a turbine blade, the turbine blade comprising a blade tip;
a dense abrasive coating disposed on the blade tip, the dense abrasive coating comprising cubic zirconia, cubic hafnia or mixtures thereof;
a turbine shroud, the shroud comprising an inner surface, wherein the inner surface is in a rub relationship with the blade tip; and
a nanolaminate thermal barrier coating on the inner surface of the turbine shroud, the nanolaminate thermal barrier coating comprising alternating nanolayers of a first material with a second material, the first material comprising stabilized zirconia, hafnia or mixtures thereof, and the second material comprising at least one metal oxide, wherein a thickness of the nanolayers is varied.