METHOD FOR OPERATING A COMBUSTION SYSTEM

The present invention relates to a method for operating a combustion system (10, 10a) of a combustion section (12) of a gas turbine engine (14) comprising at least one main burner arrangement (16) and at least one pilot burner arrangement (18), wherein the at least one main burner arrangement (16) a...

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Hauptverfasser: ANDERSSON, MATS, LINDMAN, OLLE, ÖFVERSTEDT, TOMAS
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Sprache:eng ; fre ; ger
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Zusammenfassung:The present invention relates to a method for operating a combustion system (10, 10a) of a combustion section (12) of a gas turbine engine (14) comprising at least one main burner arrangement (16) and at least one pilot burner arrangement (18), wherein the at least one main burner arrangement (16) and the at least one pilot burner arrangement (18) are operated with an air-fuel mixture (20) and wherein the at least one main burner arrangement (16) is operated with O 2 -lean air (22), wherein the method comprises the steps of: Increasing the percentage of oxygen of the air-fuel mixture (20) of the at least one pilot burner arrangement (18) by feeding of air (24) having a higher percentage of oxygen than the O 2 -lean air (22).