Patent ID: 11885498
Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
Field: Engines, pumps, turbines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC F | IPC F

Claim 16:
17. A method of supplying a reformed hydrocarbon fuel in a gas turbine engine, the method comprising:
supplying a liquid hydrocarbon fuel to a primary fuel injector of a combustor of the gas turbine engine;
supplying a primary zone of the combustor with a fuel/air mixture from the primary fuel injector;
supplying a catalytic endothermic reformer with a liquid hydrocarbon fuel;
reforming the liquid hydrocarbon fuel to form a hydrogen fuel;
supplying the hydrogen fuel to a structural element defining a second fuel injector downstream of the primary fuel injector;
supplying a secondary fuel/air mixture from a set of openings arranged along the structural element leading edge toward the primary zone of the combustor of the gas turbine engine;
igniting the secondary fuel/air mixture to generate a second portion of combustion gasses; and
flowing the second portion of combustion gasses through a secondary zone of the combustor and into a turbine section of the gas turbine engine along a streamline formed by the set of openings and a set of vanes in the turbine section.