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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 29, 2003
Filed:
Jul. 15, 1999
Stephen R. Payling, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Robert P. Coleman, Fairfield, OH (US);
Curtis L. Brown, Cincinnati, OH (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
Control systems and methods for controlling injection of water into a turbine engine are described. In an exemplary embodiment, the water injection system includes a plurality of nozzles for injecting water into a gas flow through the engine, a water source, a water manifold, a water supply line extending from the water source to the water manifold, a water metering valve for controlling flow through the water supply line, an air manifold, an air flow pipe coupled to the high pressure compressor and to the air manifold, a plurality of air feeder tubes extending from the air manifold to the nozzles, and a plurality of water feeder tubes extending from the water manifold to the nozzles.