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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 18, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 15, 2012
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
David Wesley Ball, Jr., Easley, SC (US);
Korey Frederic Rendo, Greer, SC (US);
Dean Matthew Erickson, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Diego Fernando Rancruel, Mauldin, SC (US);
Leslie Yung-Min Tong, Roswell, GA (US);
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A system for heating fuel in a combined cycle gas turbine includes a fuel heat exchanger downstream from a turbine outlet, and the fuel heat exchanger has an exhaust gas inlet, an exhaust gas outlet, a fuel inlet, and a fuel outlet. A first exhaust gas plenum has a first exhaust gas inlet connection between the turbine outlet and a heat exchanger and a first exhaust gas outlet connection upstream from the exhaust gas inlet. A second exhaust gas plenum has a second exhaust gas inlet connection downstream from at least a portion of the heat exchanger and a second exhaust gas outlet connection upstream from the exhaust gas inlet.