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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 1998
Filed:
Sep. 20, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Joseph Klosek, Wescosville, PA (US);
Donald Winston Woodward, New Tripoli, PA (US);
Assignee:
Air Products and Chemicals, Inc., Allentown, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02C / ; F02C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
60 3906 ; 60 39465 ; 60728 ;
Abstract
The power output of a gas turbine is increased by vaporizing a liquid coolant fuel at the inlet of the air compressor, which cools the air and increases the mass throughput of the compressor. The method preferably is used in a gas turbine-driven power generation system for increased power output and particularly during periods of high ambient temperatures or at a high site elevation. The liquid coolant fuel also can be introduced simultaneously into the gas turbine combustor to supplement the normal combustor fuel.