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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 17, 2013
Filed:
May. 31, 2011
Willy S. Ziminsky, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Gilbert O. Kraemer, Greer, SC (US);
Girard A. Simons, Anderson, SC (US);
Mark A. Hadley, Greer, SC (US);
Willy S. Ziminsky, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Gilbert O. Kraemer, Greer, SC (US);
Girard A. Simons, Anderson, SC (US);
Mark A. Hadley, Greer, SC (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A method of regulating the Wobbe number of a multi-composition gas fuel supplied to one or more combustors of a gas turbine includes: (a) providing a control system for regulating fuel and air flow to the one or more combustors; and (b) reforming a fraction of the gas fuel upstream of the one or more combustors to form hydrogen and carbon monoxide to be supplied to the one or more combustors with a remaining fraction of the fuel; wherein the fraction of fuel reformed is adjusted to maintain the Wobbe number of the fuel supplied to the one or more combustors within a predetermined range.