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SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MODIFYING ROTOR THRUST

  • US 20110027064A1
  • Filed: 08/03/2009
  • Published: 02/03/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/03/2009
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A gas turbine, comprising:

  • a. a compressor;

    b. a turbine downstream of the compressor, wherein the turbine includes a plurality of stators;

    c. a rotor connecting the compressor to the turbine, the rotor including a plurality of rotor cavities; and

    d. a supply plenum containing a process by-product gas, wherein the supply plenum includes a control valve and is connected to at least one of the rotor cavities to supply the process by-product gas to at least one of the rotor cavities.

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