General Electric Company

Jocelyn E Passty

George Frederick Frey

A fuel control system for a turbine engine includes a mixer for mixing first and second fuels to obtain a fuel blend, a fuel blend analyzer, a combustor operable with the fuel blend, and a knock sensor coupled to the combustor. The system also includes a controller configured to: receive a measurement indicative of a composition of the fuel blend; compare the fuel blend measurement to an operational model of the combustor; determine, based on the comparison, a predicted combustion condition in the combustor associated with the fuel blend measurement; control, based on the predicted combustion condition, flow of the first fuel or the second fuel; receive a combustion signal indicative of combustion behavior in the combustor; compare the predicted combustion condition to the combustion signal; and update the operational model if the predicted combustion condition does not match the indicated combustion behavior.

Systems for controlling a fuel blend for a gas turbine

A method of controlling a fuel blend for a turbine engine is provided. The method includes supplying a first fuel and a second fuel to a mixer and mixing, in the mixer, the first and second fuels together to obtain a fuel blend. The method also includes receiving, at a fuel blend analyzer downstream from the mixer, a measurement indicative of a composition of the fuel blend. The method further includes combusting the fuel blend in a combustor. The method also includes receiving a combustion signal indicative of combustion behavior. The method further includes controlling, based on at least one of the fuel blend measurement and the combustion signal, by a controller, at least one of a flow of the first fuel and a flow of the second fuel.

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Jocelyn E Passty