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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 29, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 11, 2008
George Martin Gilchrist, Iii, Greenville, SC (US);
Stanley Frank Simpson, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Hasan Karim, Simpsonville, SC (US);
George Martin Gilchrist, III, Greenville, SC (US);
Stanley Frank Simpson, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Hasan Karim, Simpsonville, SC (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
An exhaust gas recirculation system that includes an exhaust gas recirculation regulator operatively connectable to a turbomachine system, and regulating a predetermined amount of exhaust gas to be recirculated. The exhaust gas recirculation system further includes a measuring unit that measures fuel composition of incoming fuel, and a control unit connected to the EGR regulator and the measuring unit, and determining a Wobbe Index and/or reactivity of the incoming fuel based on the measured fuel composition and determining the predetermined amount of exhaust gas to be recirculated based on the determined Wobbe Index and/or reactivity.