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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 19, 2014
Filed:
Jul. 30, 2008
John Frederick Ackerman, Laramie, WY (US);
Matthew Timothy Franer, Norwood, OH (US);
Randy Lee Lewis, Lebanon, OH (US);
David Allen Bell, Laramie, WY (US);
Morris Dee Argyle, Laramie, WY (US);
Brian Francis Towler, Laramie, WY (US);
John Frederick Ackerman, Laramie, WY (US);
Matthew Timothy Franer, Norwood, OH (US);
Randy Lee Lewis, Lebanon, OH (US);
David Allen Bell, Laramie, WY (US);
Morris Dee Argyle, Laramie, WY (US);
Brian Francis Towler, Laramie, WY (US);
The University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A method of operating a turbine engine system and a turbine engine system are provided. The method comprises supplying a flow of oxygen to a combustion chamber defined within a plurality of turbines coupled serially together within the turbine engine system, supplying a flow of hydrocarbonaccous fuel to the combustion chambers of each of the plurality of turbines in the turbine engine system, and supplying a working fluid to an inlet of a first turbine engine coupled within the turbine engine system, wherein the working fluid is substantially nitrogen-free and wherein each of the turbines coupled within the turbine engine system is operable with the resulting fuel-oxygen-working fluid mixture.