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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 02, 2024
Filed:
Dec. 07, 2020
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Sameer Dinkar Vartak, Bangalore, IN;
Sreenivasa Rao Gubba, Bangalore, IN;
Kamesh Lakshmi Narayanan, Chennai, IN;
Arun Kumar Sridharan, Bengaluru, IN;
Ankur Maheshwari, Ahmedabad, IN;
Dragisa Ristic, Wendlinger am Neckar, DE;
Moorthi Subramaniyan, Bangalore, IN;
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A system and method of igniting a coal air-fuel mixture, including a burner having a burner tube operable to carry a flowing mixture of fuel and air to a furnace for combustion therein and a first flow directing device disposed within the tube, operable to direct a first portion of the flowing fuel and air mixture to a location in the burner tube. The system also includes a laser igniter within the burner tube, the laser igniter including a laser tube having a first end with a laser light input and a second end with a light output, and a laser light source operably coupled to the laser light input. The laser light source, including a laser. The laser ignitor directing photons from the light output at the location in the burner tube to ignite at least a part of the first portion of the fuel.