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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 25, 2012
Filed:
Jan. 06, 2012
Lewis Berkley Davis, Jr., Niskayuna, NY (US);
Krishna Kumar Venkataraman, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Willy Steve Ziminsky, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Geoffrey David Myers, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Lewis Berkley Davis, Jr., Niskayuna, NY (US);
Krishna Kumar Venkataraman, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Willy Steve Ziminsky, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Geoffrey David Myers, Simpsonville, SC (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A gas turbine engine is provided and includes a combustor having a first interior in which a first fuel is combustible, a turbine into which products of at least the combustion of the first fuel are receivable, a transition zone, including a second interior in which a second fuel and the products of the combustion of the first fuel are combustible, a plurality of fuel injectors which are configured to supply the second fuel to the second interior in any one of a single axial stage, multiple axial stages, a single axial circumferential stage and multiple axial circumferential stages, a compressor, by which air is supplied to the first and second interiors for the combustion therein, and a control system configured to control relative amounts of the air to the first and second interiors and relative amounts of the first and second fuels supplied to the first and second interiors.