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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 13, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 11, 2009
Peter Micah Sandvik, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Richard Dale Slates, Minden, NV (US);
Alexey Vasily Vert, Schenectady, NY (US);
Samer Aljabari, Amman, JO;
Peter Micah Sandvik, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Richard Dale Slates, Minden, NV (US);
Alexey Vasily Vert, Schenectady, NY (US);
Samer Aljabari, Amman, JO;
General Electric Company, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Abstract
The present invention discloses a combustor system and method of measuring impurities in the combustion system. The combustion system includes an up-stream fuel injection point; a down-stream turbine combustor; a flame zone in the turbine combustor comprising a plurality of axial sub-zones; an optical port assembly configured to obtain a non-axial, direct, optical view of at least one of the plurality of axial sub-zones, and an impurity detection system in optical communication with the optical port assembly.