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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 03, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 19, 2012
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Cyron Frank Kay, Simpsonville, SC (US);
John Carver Maters, Liberty, SC (US);
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A gas turbine system includes a compressor. The compressor has a plurality of inlet guide vanes disposed at an inlet of the compressor. Furthermore, the compressor may have at least one unison ring coupled to a plurality of variable stator vanes disposed between the inlet and an outlet of the compressor. The gas turbine system includes a first actuator that may adjust a first pitch of the plurality of inlet guide vanes and a second actuator that may adjust a second pitch of the plurality of variable stator vanes. A first electric motor may drive the first actuator, while a second electric motor may drive the second actuator.