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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 18, 2023
Filed:
Aug. 16, 2021
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Paul Pierre Antoine Drouvot, Village-Neuf, FR;
Brian M. Gallagher, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Douglas F. Beadie, Greer, SC (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A gas turbine system includes a compressor section, a turbine section, a combustor section. The combustor section is in fluid communication with a fuel supply via a fuel supply line. The water circuit includes a first water line extending between a first feed water supply line and a return water line. The gas turbine system further includes an extraction-air line that extends between an inlet port on the compressor section and an outlet port on the turbine section. A first heat exchanger thermally couples the first water line to the extraction-air line for transferring heat from a flow of extraction-air within the extraction-air line to a flow of water within the water circuit. A second heat exchanger thermally couples the first water line to the fuel supply line for transferring heat from the flow of water within the water circuit to a flow of fuel within the fuel supply line.