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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Oct. 09, 2018

Filed:

Dec. 11, 2014
Applicant:

General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);

Inventors:

Lewis Berkley Davis, Jr., Niskayuna, NY (US);

Gregory Thomas Foster, Greer, SC (US);

Kaitlin Marie Graham, Greenville, SC (US);

Krishnakumar Venkataraman, Simpsonville, SC (US);

Stanley Kevin Widener, Greer, SC (US);

Assignee:

General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F23R 3/34 (2006.01); F02C 9/28 (2006.01); F23N 1/00 (2006.01); F23N 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F23R 3/34 (2013.01); F02C 9/28 (2013.01); F23N 1/00 (2013.01); F23N 5/003 (2013.01); F23N 2023/04 (2013.01); F23N 2023/08 (2013.01); F23N 2041/20 (2013.01); F23R 2900/03341 (2013.01);
Abstract

Embodiments of the present disclosure provide an apparatus including: a first injector located on a surface of a turbine nozzle of a turbine stage positioned downstream of a reheat combustor, wherein the turbine stage includes the turbine nozzle and a turbine blade row; a second injector located on a wall of the reheat combustor; and at least one conduit in fluid communication with each of the first injector and the second injector, wherein the at least one conduit delivers at least one of a fuel from a fuel supply line and a carrier gas to an aft section of the reheat combustor through at least one of the first injector and the second injector, and wherein the aft section is positioned downstream of a combustion reaction zone in the reheat combustor.


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