US Patent Issued to GE Infrastructure Technology on Oct. 28 for "Combined cycle power plant with steam turbine bypass for simple cycle operation with heat recovery steam generator and method of use" (South Carolina Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,454,910, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to GE Infrastructure Technology LLC (Greenville, S.C.).

"Combined cycle power plant with steam turbine bypass for simple cycle operation with heat recovery steam generator and method of use" was invented by Bradly Aaron Kippel (Greenville, S.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A combined-cycle power plant with a steam turbine bypass for simple cycle operation with a heat recovery steam generator (HRSG) and a method of use are disclosed. In the disclosed combined-cycle power plant, a steam flow valving arrangement is operatively coupled with the steam turbine, the HRSG, and a condenser. The steam flo...