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Date of Patent:
May. 17, 2011

Filed:

Jan. 21, 2009
Applicants:

Willy Steve Ziminsky, Simpsonville, SC (US);

Anthony Wayne Krull, Anderson, SC (US);

Timothy Andrew Healy, Simpsonville, SC (US);

Ertan Yilmaz, Glenville, NY (US);

Inventors:

Willy Steve Ziminsky, Simpsonville, SC (US);

Anthony Wayne Krull, Anderson, SC (US);

Timothy Andrew Healy, Simpsonville, SC (US);

Ertan Yilmaz, Glenville, NY (US);

Assignee:

General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01M 15/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A method may detect a flashback condition in a fuel nozzle of a combustor. The method may include obtaining a current acoustic pressure signal from the combustor, analyzing the current acoustic pressure signal to determine current operating frequency information for the combustor, and indicating that the flashback condition exists based at least in part on the current operating frequency information.


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