Patent ID: 7954310

Claim:
An apparatus for removing fuel from a fuel system for a combustion turbine engine, the apparatus comprising: a fuel supply line for supplying fuel from a fuel source to a plurality of burner nozzles of a combustion turbine engine; an ON/OFF valve provided in said fuel supply line; a flow divider providing a flow in a forward and reverse direction and located in said fuel supply line for receiving fuel from said fuel source on an inlet side of said flow divider and dividing said fuel to a plurality of fuel output lines connected to said plurality of burner nozzles for delivering fuel to said nozzles during said flow through said flow divider in said forward direction; a fuel purging line connected to each fuel output line for supplying a purging fluid to said fuel supply line; and a diverter valve and drain line connected to said fuel supply line on said inlet side of said flow divider for conveying and draining said purging fluid and fuel from said output lines to a drain system during said flow through said flow divider in said reverse direction.