US Patent Issued to GE Vernova Infrastructure Technology on Aug. 5 for "Method of operating gas turbine combustor with multiple fuel stages" (Pennsylvania, South Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,379,108, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to GE Vernova Infrastructure Technology LLC (Greenville, S.C.).

"Method of operating gas turbine combustor with multiple fuel stages" was invented by Michael John Hughes (State College, Pa.) and Bradley Donald Crawley (Greenville, S.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of operating a gas turbine combustor includes: selectively directing fuel and a first air supply through a fuel nozzle assembly in a head end section to produce a first fuel/air mixture, which is ignited within a liner to produce combustion gases; selectively directing a second fuel/air mixture through the liner from at least on...