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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 22, 2014
Filed:
May. 04, 2010
Julio Enrique Mestroni, Atlanta, GA (US);
Douglas Byrd, Greenville, SC (US);
Charles Steber, Atlanta, GA (US);
Rahul J. Chillar, Atlanta, GA (US);
Robert R. Reed, Atlanta, GA (US);
Julio Enrique Mestroni, Atlanta, GA (US);
Douglas Byrd, Greenville, SC (US);
Charles Steber, Atlanta, GA (US);
Rahul J. Chillar, Atlanta, GA (US);
Robert R. Reed, Atlanta, GA (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
The present application provides a liquid fuel system for use with a flow of a liquid fuel and a combustor of a gas turbine engine. The liquid fuel system may include a number of fuel lines in communication with the combustor, a purge air inlet positioned about each of the fuel lines, a number of drain lines with each drain line in communication with a respective fuel line, and a number of drain valves with each drain valve in communication with a respective drain line so as to drain the flow of liquid fuel in the fuel lines via a flow of purge air through the purge air inlet and opening the drain valves.