APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR GAS TURBINE ACTIVE COMBUSTION CONTROL SYSTEM

An Active Combustion Control System and method provides for monitoring combustor pressure and modulating fuel to a gas turbine combustor to prevent combustion dynamics and/or flame extinguishments. The system includes an actuator, wherein the actuator periodically injects pulsed fuel into the combus...

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Hauptverfasser:	UMEH CHUKWUELOKA, MYERS WILLIAM J, KNOBLOCH AARON, KAMMER LEONARDO C, FORTIN JEFFREY B, SHAH MINESH, MANCINI ALFRED ALBERT
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 INDEXING SCHEME FOR ASPECTS RELATING TONON-POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT MACHINES OR ENGINES, GAS-TURBINES ORJET-PROPULSION PLANTS INDEXING SCHEMES RELATING TO ENGINES OR PUMPS IN VARIOUSSUBCLASSES OF CLASSES F01-F04 LIGHTING MECHANICAL ENGINEERING WEAPONS
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Zusammenfassung:	An Active Combustion Control System and method provides for monitoring combustor pressure and modulating fuel to a gas turbine combustor to prevent combustion dynamics and/or flame extinguishments. The system includes an actuator, wherein the actuator periodically injects pulsed fuel into the combustor. The apparatus also includes a sensor connected to the combustion chamber down stream from an inlet, where the sensor generates a signal detecting the pressure oscillations in the combustor. Lastly, the apparatus includes means for controlling the actuator in response to the sensor. The means for controlling prompts the actuator to periodically inject pulsed fuel into the combustor at a predetermined sympathetic frequency and magnitude, thereby controlling the amplitude of the pressure oscillations in the combustor by modulating the natural oscillations.