US Patent Issued to Vericor Power Systems on May 12 for "Purge system for dual-fuel gas turbine engine" (Georgia, Missouri, Minnesota, Arizona Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,624,665, issued on May 12, was assigned to Vericor Power Systems LLC.

"Purge system for dual-fuel gas turbine engine" was invented by Vinayak Barve (Suwanee, Ga.), David Plaza (Gilbert, Ariz.), Alex Starr (Atlanta), Joseph McMurry (Traverse City, Mo.), Mike Yarnold (Saint Paul, Minn.), Christopher Beebe (Atlanta) and Yanxia Sun (Alpharetta, Ga.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A dual-fuel turbine engine is a type of turbine engine that can operate using two different fuel sources, such as liquid fuel (e.g., diesel) and natural gas. For liquid fuels, the turbine engine includes a primary line to facilitate engine startup and a secondary line...