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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 04, 2011
Filed:
Jun. 26, 2007
Joseph Robert Law, Greer, SC (US);
Robert Lester Brooks, Greer, SC (US);
Earl Jay Hamil, Greer, SC (US);
Lawrence Melville Danner, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Amie Leavengood Ervin, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Joseph Robert Law, Greer, SC (US);
Robert Lester Brooks, Greer, SC (US);
Earl Jay Hamil, Greer, SC (US);
Lawrence Melville Danner, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Amie Leavengood Ervin, Simpsonville, SC (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A method for operating an energy system includes calculating an auto-ignition temperature of a fuel in use with the energy system, storing the auto-ignition temperature in a system memory, unloading a gas turbine associated with the energy system to a pre-determined range of operations, controlling a temperature of the exhaust flow discharged from the gas turbine, opening an exhaust bypass damper to a pre-determined position to enable a pre-determined volume of air to enter an exhaust flow path defined within the energy system, and releasing the energy system for normal operation after a pre-determined amount of time has elapsed.