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Date of Patent:
Oct. 23, 2007

Filed:

May. 28, 2004
Applicants:

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);

Inventors:

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);

Assignee:

General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02C 7/143 (2006.01); F02C 3/30 (2006.01); F02C 7/224 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
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.


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