Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Methods of operating a turbomachine combustor on hydrogen
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Application No.: US18147208Application Date: 2022-12-28
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Publication No.: US12025314B2Publication Date: 2024-07-02
- Inventor: Michael John Hughes , Willy Steve Ziminsky
- Applicant: General Electric Company
- Applicant Address: US NY Schenectady
- Assignee: GE Infrastructure Technology LLC
- Current Assignee: GE Infrastructure Technology LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US SC Greenville
- Agency: Dority & Manning, P.A.
- Main IPC: F23R3/34
- IPC: F23R3/34 ; F23R3/28 ; F23R3/36 ; F02C3/20

Abstract:
A method of operating a combustor of a turbomachine on a total fuel input that contains a concentration of hydrogen that is greater than about 80% is provided. The method includes injecting a first mixture of air and a first fuel containing a first amount of hydrogen into the primary combustion zone of the combustor to generate a first flow of combustion gases having a first temperature. The method further includes injecting, with one or more premix injectors disposed downstream of the fuel nozzles, a second mixture of air and a second fuel containing a second amount of hydrogen into the secondary combustion zone of the combustor to generate a second flow of combustion gases having a second temperature. The method further includes separately injecting a third fuel into secondary combustion zone to generate a third flow of combustion gases having a third temperature.
Public/Granted literature
- US20230136865A1 METHODS OF OPERATING A TURBOMACHINE COMBUSTOR ON HYDROGEN Public/Granted day:2023-05-04
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