General Electric Company

James David Rackmales

Ravi Rajamani

Michael Richard Durling

Anthony William Galbraith

Paul Oliver Caffrey

Steven Keith Handelsman

William Lee Barrow

Kuruvilla Pallathusseril Kuruvilla

Mark Stephen Lipton

Robert John Pearson

A system for determining the output capacity of a power generating system including a sensor that monitors at least one condition of the power generating system and outputs the monitored condition data, and a power capability determination device that dynamically determines a full capacity of the power generating system based upon the outputted environmental data from the electronic controller.

Systems and methods for adaptive possible power determinaton in power generating systems

Methods and apparatus for operating a gas turbine engine without sustained detrimental levels of dynamic pressure are provided. The engine includes a combustor. The method includes determining the combustor acoustic level amplitude, comparing the acoustic level to a predetermined upper acoustic limit, and adjusting a fuel flow distribution to the combustor using a closed loop controller to facilitate reducing the acoustic level to a predetermined lower acoustic limit that is less than the upper acoustic limit.

Method and apparatus for reduction of combustor dynamic pressure during operation of gas turbine engines

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Hardy, VA, United States of America

James David Rackmales