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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 09, 2018
Filed:
Jan. 19, 2015
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Exxonmobil Upstream Research Company, Houston, TX (US);
Dennis M. O'Dea, Somerset, NJ (US);
Karl Dean Minto, Ballston Lake, NY (US);
Richard A. Huntington, Houston, TX (US);
Sulabh K. Dhanuka, Houston, TX (US);
Franklin F. Mittricker, Jamul, CA (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company, Spring, TX (US);
Abstract
A system includes plurality of combustors and a distributed flow measurement system coupled to the plurality of combustors. Each combustor of the plurality of combustors includes one or more oxidant passages and one or more fuel passages. The distributed flow measurement system is configured to measure an oxidant flow rate for a respective oxidant passage of the one or more oxidant passages of the respective combustor based at least in part on an oxidant pressure drop along the respective oxidant passage, and the distributed flow measurement system is configured to measure a fuel flow rate for a respective fuel passage of the one or more fuel passages of the respective combustor based at least in part on a fuel pressure drop along the respective fuel passage.