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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 03, 2015
Filed:
May. 04, 2012
John Victor Hains, Simpsonville, SC (US);
John Francis Wodecki, Greenville, SC (US);
Brian Michael Gallagher, Simpsonville, SC (US);
John Victor Hains, Simpsonville, SC (US);
John Francis Wodecki, Greenville, SC (US);
Brian Michael Gallagher, Simpsonville, SC (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A system includes a custody transfer system configured to transfer a gas fuel from a gas supply to a plurality of gas turbines. The custody transfer system includes a first plurality of flow meters arranged in parallel with each other, wherein each of the first plurality of flow meters is configured to obtain a first measurement of a portion of a flow rate of the gas fuel flowing through the custody transfer system, and a second plurality of flow meters in series with the first plurality of flow meters, wherein each of the second plurality of flow meters is configured to obtain a second measurement of the flow rate of the gas fuel flowing through the custody transfer system, and wherein each of the first and second plurality of flow meters is configured to be blocked or unblocked from receiving the gas fuel based on a number of the plurality of gas turbines in operation.