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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 22, 2013
Filed:
Jan. 29, 2010
David Fulton Johnston, Poquoson, VA (US);
Michael Mccall Mahler, Hayes, VA (US);
David Michael Chapin, Kansas City, MO (US);
David Fulton Johnston, Poquoson, VA (US);
Michael McCall Mahler, Hayes, VA (US);
David Michael Chapin, Kansas City, MO (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A system, in one embodiment, includes a combustion-based system having a combustion chamber. The system also includes an ignition control system. The ignition control system includes an ignition device coupled to the combustion chamber, control circuitry having an energy storage device configured to supply energy to the ignition device to produce an ignition event having a desired energy level, and a controller configured to obtain a target voltage across the energy storage device and to discharge an ignition energy from the energy storage device after obtaining the target voltage, wherein the ignition control system is configured to supply the ignition energy to the ignition device to produce the ignition event.