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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 28, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 08, 2010
Thomas Frederick Leininger, Chino Hills, CA (US);
Thomas Frederick Leininger, Chino Hills, CA (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A system, including a gasifier comprising a wall defining a chamber, an inlet, an outlet, and a port, a combination feed injector coupled to the inlet, wherein the combination feed injector is configured to inject a first fuel and air or oxygen into the chamber to preheat the gasifier, and the combination feed injector is configured to inject a second fuel and oxygen into the gasifier after preheating to gasify the second fuel, an optical device coupled to the port, a sensor coupled to the optical device, and a monitoring system coupled to the sensor, wherein the monitoring system is configured to acquire data from the sensor, process the data, and provide an output representative of a condition of the gasifier based on the data.