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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 06, 2015
Filed:
Sep. 28, 2012
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Yaru Najem Mendez Hernandez, Munich, DE;
Jorge Carretero Benignos, Munich, DE;
Joerg Hermann Stromberger, Hallbergmoos, DE;
Sean Craig Jenkins, Haimhausen, DE;
General Electric Company, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Abstract
A combustion system is presented. The combustion system includes a hollow combustion chamber having a chamber head, chamber sidewalls, and a chamber bottom. Further, the combustion system includes a fuel injector coupled to the combustion chamber and configured to introduce a plurality of fuel droplets in the combustion chamber. Moreover, the combustion system includes a first electrode and a second electrode disposed on or about the combustion chamber such that an electromagnetic field is generated between the first electrode and the second electrode in response to an applied electric signal, and where the electromagnetic field is configured to control a trajectory of the plurality of fuel droplets within the combustion chamber.