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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 13, 2011
Filed:
Dec. 05, 2007
Boris Nikolaevich Eiteneer, Irvine, CA (US);
William Randall Seeker, San Clemente, CA (US);
Roy Payne, Mission Viejo, CA (US);
Boris Nikolaevich Eiteneer, Irvine, CA (US);
William Randall Seeker, San Clemente, CA (US);
Roy Payne, Mission Viejo, CA (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A fuel flexible furnace, including a main combustion zone, a reburn zone downstream from the main combustion zone, and a delivery system operably coupled to supplies of biomass and coal and configured to deliver the biomass and the coal as ingredients of first and reburn fuels to the main combustion zone and the reburn zone, with each fuel including flexible quantities of the biomass and/or the coal. The flexible quantities are variable with the furnace in an operating condition.