General Electric Company

Exxonmobil Upstream Research Company

Bradford David Borchert

Ilya Aleksandrovich Slobodyanskiy

Jesse Edwin Trout

Igor Petrovich Sidko

Almaz Kamilevich Valeev

Jonathan Kay Allen

Leonid Yul'evich Ginesin

Scott Robert Simmons

Michael V Kazakis

Steven Charles Woods

Matthew Paul Berkebile

Matthew Eugene Roberts

Andrey Pavlovich Subbota

Almaz Valeev

Jesseedwin Trout

A system includes a turbine combustor. The turbine combustor has a combustor liner disposed about a combustion chamber, a flow sleeve, and a radial passageway. The flow sleeve disposed at an offset about the combustor liner to define a passage, wherein the passage is configured to direct an exhaust gas flow toward a head end of the turbine combustor. The radial passageway extends between the flow sleeve and the combustor liner, and the radial passageway is configured to isolate an oxidant flow through the radial passageway from the exhaust gas flow through the passage for a first operating condition and a second operating condition of the turbine combustor. The offset between the combustor liner and the flow sleeve at the first operating condition is greater than the offset between the combustor liner and the flow sleeve at the second operating condition.

System and method for an oxidant passageway in a gas turbine system with exhaust gas recirculation

A system includes a turbine combustor having a first volume configured to receive a combustion fluid and to direct the combustion fluid into a combustion chamber. The turbine combustor includes a second volume configured to receive a first flow of an exhaust gas and to direct the first flow of the exhaust gas into the combustion chamber. The turbine combustor also includes a third volume disposed axially downstream from the first volume and circumferentially about the second volume. The third volume is configured to receive a second flow of the exhaust gas and to direct the second flow of the exhaust gas out of the turbine combustor via an extraction outlet, and the third volume is isolated from the first volume and from the second volume.

Turbine system with exhaust gas recirculation, separation and extraction

A system includes a turbine combustor having a first volume configured to receive a combustion fluid and to direct the combustion fluid into a combustion chamber and a second volume configured to receive a first flow of an exhaust gas. The second volume is configured to direct a first portion of the first flow of the exhaust gas into the combustion chamber and to direct a second portion of the first flow of the exhaust gas into a third volume isolated from the first volume. The third volume is in fluid communication with an extraction conduit that is configured to direct the second portion of the first flow of the exhaust gas out of the turbine combustor.

A system having a gas turbine engine is provided. The gas turbine engine includes a turbine and a combustor coupled to the turbine. The combustor includes a combustion chamber, one or more fuel nozzles upstream from the combustion chamber, and a head end having an end cover assembly. The end cover assembly includes an oxidant inlet configured to receive an oxidant flow, a central oxidant passage, and at least one fuel supply passage. The central oxidant passage is in fluid communication with the oxidant inlet, and the central oxidant passage is configured to route the oxidant flow to the one or more fuel nozzles. The at least one fuel supply passage is configured to receive a fuel flow and route the fuel flow into the one or more fuel nozzles.

Systems and methods for high volumetric oxidant flow in gas turbine engine with exhaust gas recirculation

Embodiments of the invention relate generally to nut retention devices and, more particularly, to nut retention devices having a strap that can be fixed to a distal end of a threaded member without damage to the threaded member or nut, thereby permitting their reuse. In one embodiment, the invention provides a nut retention device comprising: a body having a nut engaging opening; and a deformable strap extending from the body, wherein, in an operative state, the nut engaging opening immovably receives a nut that is threaded on a threaded member and the strap is positioned to fixedly engage the threaded member to retain the nut.

Nut retention device

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Bellingham, WA, United States of America

Bradford David Borchert