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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 08, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 28, 2011
Gerardo Fidel Varillas, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Mustafa Ahmed Abdullah, Doha, QA;
Scott Arthur Day, Greenville, SC (US);
Stephen Robert Thomas, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Gerardo Fidel Varillas, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Mustafa Ahmed Abdullah, Doha, QA;
Scott Arthur Day, Greenville, SC (US);
Stephen Robert Thomas, Simpsonville, SC (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A turbomachine is provided and includes a compressor to compress inlet gas to produce compressed gas, a combustor coupled to the compressor in which the compressed gas is combusted along with a first fuel and/or a second fuel to produce a fluid flow, a turbine coupled to the combustor through which the fluid flow is directed for power and/or electricity generation and first and second supply circuits to supply the first fuel and the second fuel to the combustor, respectively. The first and second supply circuits are operable to enable transfers between operations associated with the first fuel and the second fuel being respectively supplied to the combustor at a high load.