System and method for automatic fuel blending and control for combustion gas turbine
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsRavindra Annigeri, Jeffrey S. Goldmeer, Anthony B. Campbell, Joshua S. Sater
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AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsRavindra Annigeri, Jeffrey S. Goldmeer, Anthony B. Campbell, Joshua S. Sater
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A flexible and automatic system and method for blending an inexpensive secondary gas with a primary gas fuel for operation of a Dry Low NOx gas turbine. The secondary gas may be a gas fuel such as hydrogen, ethane, butane, propane and liquefied natural gas or an inert gas. Combustion dynamics are avoided by controlling the blended fuel within a permissible range for a Modified Wobbe Index. Combustion dynamics and gas turbine exhaust emissions may also be monitored to maintain safe combustion with the blended fuel. A gas turbine control system may adjust the blend and temperature of the primary gas fuel and the secondary gas to promote desired combustion.
A Dry Low NOx (DLN) combustion gas turbine comprising:
A method for operating a Dry Low NOx (DLN) combustion gas turbine with a fuel blend of a primary gas fuel and a secondary gas, in a single downstream combustion zone supplied by a center fuel nozzle centered on an axis of the combustor and a plurality of primary nozzles concentrically arranged around the center nozzle, wherein the primary nozzles and the center fuel nozzle premix the fuel blend with air for a combustor, the method comprising:
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