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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 10, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 06, 2012
Applicant:
Robert Joseph Reed, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Inventor:
Robert Joseph Reed, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Assignee:
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02C 9/18 (2006.01); F01D 11/24 (2006.01); F01D 9/06 (2006.01); F01D 5/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F02C 9/18 (2013.01); F01D 11/24 (2013.01); F01D 5/187 (2013.01); F01D 9/065 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of controlling the part-load performance of a turbine includes generating a bypass flow in the turbine by removing a portion of a compressed fluid from a compressor of the turbine, determining an operating load of the turbine, transmitting the bypass flow to a turbine section of the turbine; and selectively heating the bypass flow according to the determined operating load of the turbine.