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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 21, 2012
Filed:
Feb. 11, 2009
Indrajit Mazumder, Bangalore, IN;
Rajarshi Saha, Bangalore, IN;
Shivaprasad Lokanath, Mangalore, IN;
Vinod Kumar Baikampady Gopalkrishna, Mangalore, IN;
Indrajit Mazumder, Bangalore, IN;
Rajarshi Saha, Bangalore, IN;
Shivaprasad Lokanath, Mangalore, IN;
Vinod Kumar Baikampady Gopalkrishna, Mangalore, IN;
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
Disclosed is an optimized approach of using bleed-off of compressed air flow from a gas turbine compressor in a combined-cycle power plant and performance heating to augment plant performance. In one embodiment, a diverted portion of a by-product off gas and the bleed-off of compressed air flow are fired heated to produce a high temperature flue gas that is used to performance heat a pressurized mixture of fuel prior to being supplied to the gas turbine combustor.