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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 17, 2022
Filed:
Jun. 12, 2020
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Jonathan Carl Thatcher, Bradford, MA (US);
Robert Joseph Loeven, II, Simpsonville, SC (US);
John Rogers Huey, Greenville, SC (US);
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A method of controlling an operating temperature of a first combustion zone of a combustor of a rotary machine includes determining a current operating temperature and a target operating temperature of a first combustion zone using a digital simulation. The method further includes determining a derivative of the current operating temperature with respect to a current fuel split using the digital simulation. The fuel split apportions a total flow of fuel to the combustor between the first combustion zone and a second combustion zone. The method also includes calculating a calculated fuel split that results in a calculated operating temperature approaching the target operating temperature. The method further includes channeling a first flow of fuel to the first combustion zone and a second flow of fuel to the second combustion zone.