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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 1998
Filed:
Mar. 17, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Mitchell Cohen, Troy, NY (US);
Masayoshi Kuwata, Ballston Lake, NY (US);
Charles E Steber, Scotia, NY (US);
Warren J Mick, Altamont, NY (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Co., Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
60 3906 ; 60737 ; 60739 ; 60746 ; 60748 ;
Abstract
In a gas turbine having a plurality of combustors, each having an annular array of outer fuel nozzles arranged about a center fuel nozzle. A method for operating the combustors wherein the annular array is supplied with fuel from a diffusion manifold and at least one pre-mix manifold, and further wherein the center nozzle is supplied with fuel from a center premix manifold includes the steps of: