Fuel reformer system for a turbomachine system
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsKihyung Kim, Hasan Karim, Abdul Rafey Khan
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Abstract
A turbomachine system includes a compressor portion having a compressor inlet and a compressor outlet, a turbine portion operatively connected to the compressor portion, a combustor having a combustor inlet fluidly connected to the compressor outlet and a combustor outlet fluidly connected to the turbine portion; and a reformer having a reformer inlet fluidly connected to the compressor outlet and a reformer outlet fluidly connected to the combustor inlet. The reformer partially combusts air from the compressor portion and a fuel to form a hydrogen-rich syngas.
Claims20
A turbomachine system comprising:
- a compressor portion having a compressor inlet and a compressor outlet;
- a turbine portion operatively connected to the compressor portion;
- a combustor having a combustor inlet fluidly connected to the compressor outlet and a combustor outlet fluidly connected to the turbine portion;
- a reformer having a reformer inlet fluidly connected to the compressor outlet and a reformer outlet fluidly connected to the combustor inlet, the reformer partially combusting air from the compressor portion and a fuel to form a hydrogen-rich syngas.
A method of reforming fuel for a turbomachine system, the method comprising:
- passing compressed air from a compressor portion to a reformer;
- passing fuel to the reformer;
- reforming the fuel by partially combusting the compressed air and fuel to form a hydrogen-rich sysgas;
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- guiding the hydrogen-rich syngas to a combustor fluidly connecting the compressor portion and a turbine portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.