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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 06, 2011
Filed:
Oct. 12, 2010
Parag Prakash Kulkarni, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Gregory Anthony Deluga, Playa del Rey, CA (US);
Arnaldo Frydman, Houston, TX (US);
Gregory Ronald Gillette, Houston, TX (US);
Narendra Joshi, Schenectady, NY (US);
KE Liu, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA (US);
Vladimir Zamansky, Oceanside, CA (US);
Parag Prakash Kulkarni, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Gregory Anthony DeLuga, Playa del Rey, CA (US);
Arnaldo Frydman, Houston, TX (US);
Gregory Ronald Gillette, Houston, TX (US);
Narendra Joshi, Schenectady, NY (US);
Ke Liu, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA (US);
Vladimir Zamansky, Oceanside, CA (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A fuel preparation system includes a fractionation unit for treating fuel containing vanadium. A gas turbine is connected to the fractionation unit to receive treated fuel. The gas turbine may deliver exhaust from the gas turbine to the fractionation unit. The fuel preparation system may include a burner for burning a heavy fuel fraction from the faction unit and for delivering exhaust from the burner to the fractionation unit. The fuel preparation unit may include a boiler to receive the heavy fuel fraction for combustion and for delivering steam to the fractionation unit.