Gas turbine engine combustor hot streak control

Details Gas turbine engine combustor hot streak control Gas turbine engine combustor hot streak control

2005-10-24

2010-06-22

Cuff, Michael (Department: 3741)

Power plants

Combustion products used as motive fluid

Process

C060S039281

Reexamination Certificate

active

07739873

ABSTRACT:
A gas turbine engine combustion system includes a plurality of fuel injectors circumferentially disposed around a combustor in a one to one fuel supply relationship with a plurality of fuel nozzle valves, and an electronic controller for controlling the fuel nozzle valves to eliminate and/or reduce hot streaking in response to sensed hot streak conditions. The fuel nozzle valves may be modulating valves. The electronic controller may be used to individually control the fuel nozzle valves. The hot streak conditions may be sensed with temperature sensors such as temperature sensors operably mounted in the combustor. A program in the electronic controller may be used for determining broken or malfunctioning sensors by calculating a combustor temperature and comparing it to measured temperatures from the sensors and comparing the measured fuel pressures in the individual fuel nozzle circuits with the simulated or calculated fuel pressures.

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