Oxidizing fuel
AssigneeEner-Core Power, Inc.
InventorEdan PRABHU
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Abstract
A mixture of air and fuel is received into a reaction chamber of a gas turbine system. The fuel is oxidized in the reaction chamber, and a maximum temperature of the mixture in the reaction chamber is controlled to be substantially at or below an inlet temperature of a turbine of the gas turbine system. The oxidation of the fuel is initiated by raising the temperature of the mixture to or above an auto-ignition temperature of the fuel. In some cases, the reaction chamber may be provided without a fuel oxidation catalyst material.
Claims29
1-33. (canceled)
A method of operating a gas turbine system, comprising:
- oxidizing a fuel of an air and fuel mixture in a reaction chamber;
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- controlling a maximum temperature of the mixture to be between an auto-ignition temperature of the fuel and 1300° C. by receiving a control flow comprising supplemental fuel through a plurality of ports located at a plurality of locations along a reaction chamber flow path in the reaction chamber, each of the plurality of ports being connected to a supplemental fuel source for introduction of the supplemental fuel into the reaction chamber through the plurality of ports.
A method of operating a gas turbine system, the method comprising:
- oxidizing a fuel of an air and fuel mixture in a reaction chamber of the gas turbine system while controlling a maximum temperature of the mixture in the reaction chamber to be between an auto-ignition temperature of the fuel and 1300° C.;
- receiving a control flow comprising supplemental fuel (i) from a supplemental fuel source, (ii) through a plurality of ports located at a plurality of locations along a reaction chamber flow path in the reaction chamber, and (iii) into the reaction chamber, each of the plurality of ports being spaced from another of the plurality of ports along the flow path;
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- adjusting the control flow to control the maximum temperature of the mixture.
A gas turbine system comprising:
- a reaction chamber adapted to oxidize a fuel of an air and fuel mixture and maintain a maximum temperature of the mixture in the reaction chamber between the auto-ignition temperature of the fuel and 1300° C.;
- a plurality of ports located at a plurality of locations along a reaction chamber flow path in the reaction chamber, each of the plurality of ports being connected to a supplemental fuel source;
- a controller adapted to adjust a control flow of the supplemental fuel through the plurality of ports into the reaction chamber to control the maximum temperature of the mixture within the reaction chamber.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.