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Date of Patent:
Jul. 16, 2024

Filed:

Dec. 30, 2022
Applicant:

General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);

Inventors:

John Farrior Woodall, Greer, SC (US);

Joel Meador Hall, Simpsonville, SC (US);

Assignee:

GE INFRASTRUCTURE TECHNOLOGY LLC, Greenville, SC (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02C 9/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F02C 9/32 (2013.01); F05D 2220/32 (2013.01); F05D 2270/053 (2013.01); F05D 2270/44 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method includes routing a combustion gas through a turbine stage along a combustion gas path disposed between a turbine shaft and a turbine casing of a gas turbine, wherein the turbine shaft is disposed along a rotational axis, the turbine casing is disposed circumferentially about the turbine shaft, and the turbine stage includes a plurality of turbine vanes disposed upstream from a plurality of turbine blades. The method includes controlling an axial range of different axial positions of combustion within a turbine stage expansion of the turbine stage to reduce temperature variations over the turbine stage expansion via an isothermal expansion system coupled to the turbine stage in response to a change in a load on the gas turbine.


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