The sheet on the compressor forward stop shaft the bearing liner consists of two halves

fitted on the bearing house miner inside faces are machined to make convergent oil
clearance in which oil pressure increases around the shaft to support it after receiving
these faces are coated with battered alloy for lubrication oil is supplied through the oil
feed pipe to a port in lower bearing housing where the oil fills an annular space around
the liner and is admitted inside the liner through two grooves machined at the horizontal
matching edge oil is drained through the vertical drain slot at the bottom of the lower
liner half to the journal drain cavity down to the oil drain piping the thrust bearing major
components are the thrust runner which is integrated in the compressor rotor forward
stub shaft and two thrust bearings during the normal operation of the gas turbine the
sum of axial forces induced by the air flow on the compressor stages and the hot gases
flow through the turbine stages tend to move the rotor in the upstream direction so that
the active thrust bearing is located on the forward side of the thrust runner while in the
transient operation during startup and shutdown the shaft tends to move in the
downstream direction where the inactive or unloaded thrust bearing is located the
active thrust bearing is a tilting pad equalizing type bearing an equalizing type bearing is
capable of sustaining high axial loads and is tolerant of shaft and housing misalignment
the main components of this bearing are the basement the tilting pads upper leveling
plates lower leveling plates chem plate the base ring provides support for all parts of the
bearing assembly and keep parts in the proper location the pads are shaped like a sector
of a ring the bearing surface is covered with babbitt alloy every pad has a hardened steel
button on its back called the pad support this pad support allows the pad to tilt slightly
in any direction the levelling plates are functionally small levers they align the bearing
pads with the thrust runner and equalize the load among the pads despite any possible
slight misalignment of the shaft axis from the normal the leveling plates are mounted on
the base green by dowels and screws such that the plates are free to tilt on their full
cups the load transmitted by the thrust runner to a single pad causes the pad to press on
the upper leveling plate right behind it each of the upper leveling plates in turn is
supported by one edge of two lower leveling plates the other edges of the lower leveling
plates take part in supporting the adjacent upper leveling plate on either sides as a result
of this arrangement any excess of thrust load on a single pad is immediately shared
through the leveling plates so that all bearing pads will automatically receive equal
loading for lubrication oil is supplied through the oil feed pipe to two ports in the lower
bearing housing where the oil flows into annular space around the base ring then oil
flows through grooves machined on the backside of the base ring to the bearing cavity
where it is carried by the pumping action of the thrust runner to the entire bearing
surfaces oil exits at the pads periphery to the thrust bearing drain cavity down to the
Lube oil drain piping the inactive thrust bearing is a tilting pad non equalizing type
bearing on non equalizing type bearing is also capable of sustaining high axial loads but
less tolerant of shaft and housing misalignment this bearing is functionally identical to
the active thrust bearing except that it doesn't have leveling plates instead the tilting
pads are directly supported at their back by the base ring oil control plates are installed
between pads for lubrication oil is supplied through the oil feed pipe to a port in lower
bearing housing where the oil flows into annular space around the base ring We'll exit at
the pads periphery to the thrust bearing drain cavity to the Lube oil drain piping bearing
two is located in the center of the inner cylinder of the compressor discharge casing and
held in position by straps the bearing components are installed inside the bearing
housing which consists of the lower and the upper halves bearing two is located in a
pressurized area between the compressor and the turbine this compressed air is leaking
from the high pressure packing at the aft end of the compressor shaft lava and seals are
installed on both ends of the housing to prevent this air from leaking inside the house
since any air leakage past these seals doesn't perform any additional work any reduction
in this flow will result in an increase in the unit performance a brush seal is installed on
both labyrinth seals to minimize air leakage as much as possible bearing too has a vented
cavity the compressed air leaking from the outer labyrinth seals is vented to the
atmosphere through a vent pipe mounted on the top of the housing in board of the
outer air seals 2 pressurized labyrinth seals are located for lubricant control ceiling air
supplied through a pipe concentric with the vent pipe fills the ceiling air cavity and flows
between the two rows of each of the labyrinth seals some air escapes to the vented
cavity and the remaining returns with the Lube oil the journal bearing components are
the bearing liner and the journal surface machined on the turbine forward wheel shaft
as the upper and lower housing parts are not symmetric around the liner a liner strap is
installed on the top to provide support for the liner and form the annular space for Lube
oil flow for lubrication oil is supplied through the oil feed pipe to a port in the lower
bearing housing where oil fills the annular space around the liner and is admitted inside
the liner through two grooves machined at the horizontal matching edge oil deflectors
are mounted on both ends of the liner to help containing oil inside the liner oil is drained
through the vertical drain slots at the bottom of the lower liner half to the Lube oil drain
cavity down to the oil drain piping the number three bearing is located at the aft end of
the turbine in the center of the exhaust frame the bearing components are installed
inside the bearing housing which consists of the lower and the upper halves bearing
three is a tilting pad journal bearing this type of bearing is used in situations where slight
misalignment is expected labyrinth seals are installed in housing where oil control is
required their teeth run against rotor smooth surfaces the ceiling air flows from the
cooling and ceiling system through the axial tube machined at the left side of the
housing and is admitted to the labyrinth seals through two ports to annular spaces
surrounding the seals between the two rows of seal teeth similar to other bearings
sealing air is admitted through multiple radial holes to stop oil leakage some of this air
returns with the Lube oil and some escapes out of the housing a forward air deflector
seal is installed at the forward side of the housing to prevent cross flow and vent holes
are machined on the housing the bearing liner of the tilting pad type consists of a
retainer ring and five tilting pads the tilting pads are assembled so that high pressure oil
film is generated between each pad and the rotor journal surface this produces
symmetrical force on the bearing surface that helps to maintain shaft stability each pad
is mounted to the retainer ring by two pins and supported