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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 28, 2009
Filed:
Nov. 22, 2005
Charles Evan Steber, Decatur, GA (US);
Massoud Parisay, Acworth, GA (US);
Ravindra Annigeri, Roswell, GA (US);
Willy Steve Ziminsky, Simpsonville, SC (US);
John Stephen Henderson, Greenville, SC (US);
Charles Evan Steber, Decatur, GA (US);
Massoud Parisay, Acworth, GA (US);
Ravindra Annigeri, Roswell, GA (US);
Willy Steve Ziminsky, Simpsonville, SC (US);
John Stephen Henderson, Greenville, SC (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
Methods and systems for operating a gas turbine engine system include an electrical generator configured to provide electrical energy to a load, a gas turbine engine including at least one combustor that includes a plurality of fuel injection points configured to inject a fuel into the combustor at a plurality of different locations wherein the combustor configured to combust the fuel and the gas turbine engine is rotatably coupled to the generator through a shaft. The gas turbine engine system includes a control system including a plurality of sensors positioned about the gas turbine engine system and configured to measure at least one parameter associated with the sensor, a processor programmed to receive a signal indicative of a heating value of the fuel, and automatically control a fuel split between the fuel injection points on the combustor using the determined heating value.