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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 01, 2018
Filed:
May. 11, 2015
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Mehdi Milani Baladi, Evandale, OH (US);
Edward Michael Yanosik, Jr., Liberty Township, OH (US);
Richard Bradford Hook, Jr., West Chester, OH (US);
Scott Edward Farley, Kings Mills, OH (US);
Gordon Jeffery Follin, Cincinnati, OH (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
One embodiment of the present discloses includes a system. The system includes a turbine and a fluid supply system. The turbine includes a main flow path, a plurality of turbine blades disposed along the main flow path, at least one flow control area disposed along the main flow path, and at least one fluid injection port fluidly coupled to the main flow path. The fluid supply system is fluidly coupled to the at least one fluid injection port, wherein the fluid supply system is configured to supply a fluid to the at least one fluid injection port to adjust an effective area of the at least one flow control area.