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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 05, 2010
Filed:
Feb. 09, 2006
Applicant:
Robert J. Bland, Oviedo, FL (US);
Inventor:
Robert J. Bland, Oviedo, FL (US);
Assignee:
Siemens Energy, Inc., Orlando, FL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02C 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method and system for controlling combustion in a gas turbine engine () includes reducing an overall fuel flow provided to a stage () of burners (e.g.) of the gas turbine engine until reaching a predetermined dynamic operating condition of the first burner of the stage. The method also includes maintaining, while continuing to reduce the overall fuel flow (e.g.), a first portion (e.g.), of the overall fuel flow delivered to the first burner at a maintenance level so that the predetermined dynamic operating condition of the first burner is maintained.