Patent ID: 11939912
Assignee: GE INFRASTRUCTURE TECHNOLOGY LLC
Field: Engines, pumps, turbines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC F | IPC F

Claim 0:
1. A system, comprising:
a plurality of emulsifier stages arranged in series with one another;
a plurality of fuel nozzles coupled to different respective stages of the plurality of emulsifier stages via a respective plurality of conduits, wherein the plurality of emulsifier stages is configured to supply a plurality of different water fuel emulsions to the plurality of fuel nozzles, wherein a first fuel nozzle of the plurality of fuel nozzles is configured to receive a water fuel emulsion of the plurality of different water fuel emulsions and provide the water fuel emulsion to a combustor section of a gas turbine engine, wherein the water fuel emulsion comprises a water-in-fuel (WIF) emulsion having a plurality of water droplets dispersed in a fuel, wherein the plurality of water droplets is configured to vaporize within the fuel to cause micro-explosions to atomize the fuel, wherein the atomized fuel is configured to combust to generate a combustion gas to drive a turbine of the gas turbine engine;
a gas turbine controller configured to control the supply of the plurality of different water fuel emulsions from the different respective stages of the plurality of emulsifier stages through the respective plurality of fuel nozzles into the combustor section, wherein the gas turbine controller is configured to change characteristics of the plurality of different water fuel emulsions, including the WIF emulsion, based on one or more of: an operational mode of the gas turbine engine, a load state of the gas turbine engine, or load demands of the gas turbine engine, wherein the gas turbine controller is configured to selectively control flows from each of the plurality of emulsifier stages to the plurality of fuel nozzles to change the characteristics of the plurality of different water fuel emulsions in the combustor section.