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Date of Patent:
Mar. 07, 2023

Filed:

Dec. 21, 2020
Applicant:

General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);

Inventors:

Jose Francisco Aguilar, Queretaro, MX;

Francisco Javier Gomez, Queretaro, MX;

Assignee:

General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02C 7/232 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F02C 7/232 (2013.01); F05D 2220/32 (2013.01); F05D 2260/602 (2013.01);
Abstract

A system is provided with an ejector having an outer wall extending circumferentially about a flow path, wherein the outer wall has a throat section along the flow path, and a diverging section downstream from the throat section along the flow path. The ejector includes a gas inlet configured to supply a gas into the flow path, and a water inlet configured to supply water into the flow path. The ejector is configured to produce steam in response to mixing of the water and the gas along the flow path. The system also includes a controller configured to control flows of the gas and the water to produce the steam for a steam purge of a liquid fuel circuit.


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