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Title: Dynamically balanced fuel nozzle and method of operation

Patent ·
OSTI ID:20050808

An apparatus and method of operation designed to reduce undesirably high pressure oscillations in lean premix combustion systems burning hydrocarbon fuels are provided. Natural combustion and nozzle acoustics are employed to generate multiple fuel pockets which, when burned in the combustor, counteract the oscillations caused by variations in heat release in the combustor. A hybrid of active and passive control techniques, the apparatus and method eliminate combustion oscillations over a wide operating range, without the use of moving parts or electronics.

Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
OSTI ID:
20050808
Resource Relation:
Other Information: PBD: 9 May 2000
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English