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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 06, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 15, 2012
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Durgaprasad Janapaneedi, Bangalore, IN;
Korey Frederic Rendo, Greer, SC (US);
Dean Matthew Erickson, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Timothy Russell Bilton, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Christina Renee Pompey, Simpsonville, SC (US);
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A system for heating combustor fuel includes a turbine exhaust plenum and a heat exchanger downstream from the turbine exhaust plenum. The heat exchanger has an exhaust inlet, an exhaust outlet, a fuel inlet, and a fuel outlet. An exhaust recirculation plenum has a recirculation inlet connection downstream from the exhaust outlet and a recirculation outlet connection upstream from the exhaust inlet. The system further includes structure for controlling a recirculated exhaust flow from the exhaust outlet into the exhaust recirculation plenum.