System and method for controlling a combustor assembly

York, William David; Ziminsky, Willy Steve; Johnson, Thomas Edward; Stevenson, Christian Xavier

Title: System and method for controlling a combustor assembly

Patent · Tue Mar 05 00:00:00 EST 2013

OSTI ID:1083473

York, William David; Ziminsky, Willy Steve; Johnson, Thomas Edward; Stevenson, Christian Xavier

A system and method for controlling a combustor assembly are disclosed. The system includes a combustor assembly. The combustor assembly includes a combustor and a fuel nozzle assembly. The combustor includes a casing. The fuel nozzle assembly is positioned at least partially within the casing and includes a fuel nozzle. The fuel nozzle assembly further defines a head end. The system further includes a viewing device configured for capturing an image of at least a portion of the head end, and a processor communicatively coupled to the viewing device, the processor configured to compare the image to a standard image for the head end.

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Research Organization:: National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL), Pittsburgh, PA, Morgantown, WV (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE

DOE Contract Number:: FC26-05NT42643

Assignee:: General Electric Company (Schenectady, NY)

Patent Number(s):: 8,387,399

Application Number:: 13/229,950

OSTI ID:: 1083473

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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