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Date of Patent:
Aug. 11, 2015

Filed:

May. 31, 2012
Applicants:

Dean Matthew Erickson, Simpsonville, SC (US);

Robert Lester Brooks, Greer, SC (US);

Douglas Scott Byrd, Greer, SC (US);

Joseph Robert Law, Greer, SC (US);

Inventors:

Dean Matthew Erickson, Simpsonville, SC (US);

Robert Lester Brooks, Greer, SC (US);

Douglas Scott Byrd, Greer, SC (US);

Joseph Robert Law, Greer, SC (US);

Assignee:

General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F23K 5/18 (2006.01); F02C 7/22 (2006.01); F02C 7/232 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F02C 7/22 (2013.01); F02C 7/222 (2013.01); F02C 7/232 (2013.01); F23K 5/18 (2013.01);
Abstract

An approach for utilizing fuel gas to purge a dormant fuel gas circuit is disclosed. In one aspect, there is a fuel gas supply that supplies fuel to fuel gas circuits. Gas control valves, each coupled to one of the fuel gas circuits control the flow of fuel gas thereto from the fuel gas supply. A fuel purge system selectively purges fuel gas circuits from the fuel gas circuits that are dormant with fuel gas from the fuel gas supply.


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