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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 23, 2007
Filed:
May. 28, 2004
Narendra Digamber Joshi, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Timothy James Held, Blanchester, OH (US);
David Paul Wolf, West Chester, OH (US);
Michael Joseph Reale, Milford, OH (US);
Narendra Digamber Joshi, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Timothy James Held, Blanchester, OH (US);
David Paul Wolf, West Chester, OH (US);
Michael Joseph Reale, Milford, OH (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A method for operating a gas turbine engine includes channeling compressed airflow discharged from a first compressor through an intercooler having a cooling medium flowing therethrough, channeling a working fluid through the intercooler to facilitate increasing an operating temperature of the working fluid, and channeling the discharged working fluid to a combustor to facilitate increasing an operating efficiency of the gas turbine engine.