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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 23, 2004
Filed:
Dec. 13, 2002
Applicant:
Inventor:
Colin Wilkes, Delanson, NY (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02C 3/22 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F02C 3/22 ;
Abstract
A method for operating a turbine is provided. The method includes supplying working fluid to a first flow path input and routing the fluid through a heating unit coupled in flow communication to the flow path between first flow path input and the turbine. The method also includes extracting a portion of the working fluid from first flow path at a point intermediate the heating unit and an inlet of the turbine. The method further includes re-circulating the extracted fluid through a second flow path such that the extracted fluid is discharged upstream from the heating unit.