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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 22, 2014
Filed:
Jan. 07, 2009
Lewis Berkley Davis, Jr., Niskayuna, NY (US);
Krishna Kumar Venkataraman, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Willy Steve Ziminsky, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Jason Charles Terry, Greenville, SC (US);
Lewis Berkley Davis, Jr., Niskayuna, NY (US);
Krishna Kumar Venkataraman, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Willy Steve Ziminsky, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Jason Charles Terry, Greenville, SC (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A gas turbine engine is provided and includes a fuel circuit, including multiple fuel circuit branches, a combustor having a first interior in which a first fuel supplied thereto by any one of the multiple fuel circuit branches is combustible, a turbine, a transition zone, including a second interior in which a second fuel supplied thereto by any one of the multiple fuel circuit branches, the second fuel including gas receivable by the fuel circuit from an external source, and the products of the combustion of the first fuel are combustible, the transition zone being disposed to fluidly couple the combustor and the turbine to one another, and a plurality of fuel injectors which 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.