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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 30, 2014
Filed:
May. 18, 2011
Applicant:
Gareth W. Oskam, San Diego, CA (US);
Inventor:
Gareth W. Oskam, San Diego, CA (US);
Assignee:
Solar Turbines Inc., San Diego, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02C 1/00 (2006.01); F02C 7/22 (2006.01); F23R 3/36 (2006.01); F23R 3/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F23R 3/28 (2013.01); F23R 3/36 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of operating a gas turbine engine includes directing a stream of liquid fuel to the combustor through a nozzle of a dual fuel injector. The method may also include directing a first quantity of compressed air to the stream of liquid fuel proximate the nozzle, and directing a second quantity of compressed air to the stream of liquid fuel downstream of the nozzle. The second quantity of compressed air may be larger than the first quantity of compressed air. The method may further include delivering the compressed air and the stream of liquid fuel to the combustor in a substantially unmixed manner.