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Date of Patent:
Oct. 18, 2011

Filed:

Sep. 26, 2006
Applicants:

Gregory S. Hagen, Glastonbury, CT (US);

Andrzej Banaszuk, Simsbury, CT (US);

Prashant G. Mehta, Urbana, IL (US);

Jeffrey M. Cohen, Hebron, CT (US);

William Proscia, Marlborough, CT (US);

Inventors:

Gregory S. Hagen, Glastonbury, CT (US);

Andrzej Banaszuk, Simsbury, CT (US);

Prashant G. Mehta, Urbana, IL (US);

Jeffrey M. Cohen, Hebron, CT (US);

William Proscia, Marlborough, CT (US);

Assignee:

United Technologies Corporation, Hartford, CT (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02C 1/00 (2006.01); F02G 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A method for controlling a temperature distribution within a combustor having a plurality of chamber sections comprising controlling a fuel-to-air ratio in the chamber sections. At least two chamber sections have different fuel-to-air ratios to create a non-uniform temperature distribution within the combustor to reduce thermoacoustic instabilities.


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