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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 29, 2013
Filed:
May. 12, 2009
Applicants:
Robert Thomas Thatcher, Greer, SC (US);
Joel Meador Hall, Mauldin, SC (US);
Andrew Mitchell Rodwell, Greenville, SC (US);
Inventors:
Robert Thomas Thatcher, Greer, SC (US);
Joel Meador Hall, Mauldin, SC (US);
Andrew Mitchell Rodwell, Greenville, SC (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02C 3/30 (2006.01); F02C 7/00 (2006.01); F02G 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A flame-holding control method in a gas turbine having a combustor can and a fuel nozzle disposed in the combustor can. The method can include performing a first scheduled injection of a diluent stream into the nozzle, checking to see if a time period has exceeded a time threshold and in response to the time period being greater than that the time threshold, performing a second scheduled injection of the diluent stream into the nozzle.