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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 29, 2026
Filed:
Apr. 09, 2024
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Joseph Zelina, Waynesville, OH (US);
Sibtosh Pal, Mason, OH (US);
Michael T. Bucaro, Arvada, CO (US);
Pradeep Naik, Bengaluru, IN;
Steven C. Vise, Loveland, OH (US);
Andrew Wickersham, Liberty Township, OH (US);
Nicholas R. Overman, Sharonville, OH (US);
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, Evendale, OH (US);
Abstract
A combustor of a turbine engine includes a first combustion zone operable to combust a first fuel and air mixture, a first fuel inlet for providing a first fuel, a first air inlet for providing first zone air, the first fuel and the first zone air combining to form the first fuel and air mixture in the first combustion zone, a second combustion zone operable depending on turbine engine operating parameters, for combusting a second fuel and air mixture, a second fuel inlet providing a second fuel, that operates when the second combustion zone is operating and does not operate when the second combustion zone is not operating, and a second air inlet providing second zone air, the second fuel and the second zone air combining to form the second fuel and air mixture in the second combustion zone, wherein the first fuel and the second fuel are disparate fuels.