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US 2012/0055157 A1Published application
Fuel heating system
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsSeyfettin Can Gulen, Tailai Hu
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Abstract
A system may include an insulated water tank configured to store a first heated water from a first plant component during operation of a plant, and a fuel heater comprising a heat exchanger, wherein the heat exchanger is configured to transfer heat from the first heated water to a fuel for a gas turbine engine during startup of the plant.
Claims20
A system, comprising:
- an insulated water tank configured to store a first heated water from a first plant component during operation of a plant;
- and
- a fuel heater comprising a heat exchanger, wherein the heat exchanger is configured to transfer heat from the first heated water to a fuel for a second plant component during startup of the plant.
A system, comprising:
- a combustion system configured to combust a fuel;
- a first component configured to heat a first fluid with heat generated during operation of the combustion system;
- and
- an insulated tank configured to store the first fluid in a heated condition;
- and
- a fuel heater comprising a heat exchanger configured to transfer heat from the first fluid stored in the insulated tank to the fuel during startup of the combustion system.
3 more elements
A system, comprising:
- a fuel heating controller configured to enable a first flow of a first heated fluid from an insulated storage tank through a heat exchanger of a fuel heater during startup of a combustion system, and the fuel heating controller is configured to enable a second flow of a second heated fluid through the heat exchanger of the fuel heater after startup of the combustion system.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.