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Lean blowoff detection sensor

Patent ·
OSTI ID:902825
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  1. Morgantown, WV
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Apparatus and method for detecting incipient lean blowoff conditions in a lean premixed combustion nozzle of a gas turbine. A sensor near the flame detects the concentration of hydrocarbon ions and/or electrons produced by combustion and the concentration monitored as a function of time are used to indicate incipient lean blowoff conditions.
Research Organization:
National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL), Pittsburgh, PA, and Morgantown, WV
Sponsoring Organization:
United States Department of Energy
Assignee:
United States Department of Energy (Washington, DC)
Patent Number(s):
7,197,880
Application Number:
10/865,037
OSTI ID:
902825
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

References (1)

Flame Ionization Sensor Integrated Into Gas Turbine Fuel Nozzle
  • Benson, Kelly; Thornton, Jimmy D.; Straub, Douglas L.
  • ASME Turbo Expo 2003, collocated with the 2003 International Joint Power Generation Conference, Volume 1: Turbo Expo 2003 https://doi.org/10.1115/GT2003-38470
conference February 2009

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