Method of operating a combustion system with main and pilot fuel circuits

A system and method for operating a combustion system comprising a fuel nozzle defining at least one main fuel circuit and at least one pilot fuel circuit is generally provided. The method includes determining an overall flow of fuel, the overall flow of fuel defining a sum total fuel through the ma...

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Hauptverfasser:	Thomsen, Duane Douglas, Benjamin, Michael Anthony, Gardner, Donald Lee, Cooper, Clayton Stuart, Birmaher, Shai, Vise, Steven Clayton, Stickles, Richard Wade, Hsiao, George ChiaChun
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	AIR INTAKES FOR JET-PROPULSION PLANTS BLASTING COMBUSTION APPARATUS COMBUSTION ENGINES COMBUSTION PROCESSES CONTROLLING FUEL SUPPLY IN AIR-BREATHING JET-PROPULSION PLANTS GAS-TURBINE PLANTS GENERATING COMBUSTION PRODUCTS OF HIGH PRESSURE OR HIGHVELOCITY, e.g. GAS-TURBINE COMBUSTION CHAMBERS HEATING HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS LIGHTING MECHANICAL ENGINEERING WEAPONS
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Zusammenfassung:	A system and method for operating a combustion system comprising a fuel nozzle defining at least one main fuel circuit and at least one pilot fuel circuit is generally provided. The method includes determining an overall flow of fuel, the overall flow of fuel defining a sum total fuel through the main fuel circuit and the pilot fuel circuit; determining a plurality of ranges of ratios of main fuel flow through the main fuel circuit versus pilot fuel flow through the pilot circuit from the overall flow of fuel, wherein each range of ratios is based on a combustion criterion different from one another; determining a resultant range of ratios of main fuel flow versus pilot fuel flow based on a hierarchy of combustion criteria, wherein the hierarchy of combustion criteria provides a priority ranking of the combustion criterion; and flowing the overall flow of fuel to the main fuel circuit and the pilot fuel circuit based on the resultant range of ratios of main fuel flow versus pilot fuel flow.