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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 17, 2014
Filed:
Jan. 15, 2009
Gilbert Otto Kraemer, Greer, SC (US);
Jonathan Dwight Berry, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Lewis Berkley Davis, Jr., Niskayuna, NY (US);
Garth Curtis Frederick, Greenville, SC (US);
Anthony Wayne Krull, Anderson, SC (US);
Geoffrey David Myers, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Gilbert Otto Kraemer, Greer, SC (US);
Jonathan Dwight Berry, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Lewis Berkley Davis, Jr., Niskayuna, NY (US);
Garth Curtis Frederick, Greenville, SC (US);
Anthony Wayne Krull, Anderson, SC (US);
Geoffrey David Myers, Simpsonville, SC (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
Optical flame holding and flashback detection systems and methods are provided. Exemplary embodiments include a combustor including a combustor housing defining a combustion chamber having combustion zones, flame detectors disposed on the combustor housing and in optical communication with the combustion chamber, wherein each of the flame detectors is configured to detect an optical property related to one or more of the combustion zones.