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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 01, 2025
Filed:
Feb. 29, 2024
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Daniel A. Niergarth, Norwood, OH (US);
Brandon W. Miller, Middletown, OH (US);
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, Evendale, OH (US);
Abstract
A gas turbine engine includes a steam generating system and a turbo-engine. The turbo-engine includes a first spool having a fan and a low-pressure turbine drivingly connected together, a second spool having an intermediate-pressure compressor and an intermediate-pressure turbine drivingly connected together, and a third spool having a high-pressure compressor and a high-pressure turbine drivingly connected together. The turbo-engine also includes a first steam turbine arranged to receive a flow of steam from the steam generating system, and arranged to be connected to, and to drive the first spool, and a second steam turbine arranged to receive a flow of steam from the steam generating system, and arranged to be connected to, and to drive one of the second spool or the third spool.