A combustion control and diagnostics sensor for gas turbines

Proceedings of the ASME Turbo Expo 2004

Volumn 2, Issue , 2004, Pages 535-543

  Thornton, Jimmy D ^a   Straub, Douglas L ^a   Chorpening, Benjamin T ^a   Huckaby, E David ^a   Richards, Geo A ^a   Benson, Kelly ^b  

^a NATIONAL ENERGY TECHNOLOGY LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Woodward Governor Co   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMBUSTION; COMBUSTORS; EXHAUST GASES; IGNITION; IONIZATION; NITROGEN OXIDES; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; ROBUSTNESS (CONTROL SYSTEMS); SENSORS;

COMBUSTION DYNAMICS; COMBUSTION RIG; IN-SITU DIAGNOSTICS; LABORATORY COMBUSTORS;

GAS TURBINES;

EID: 10244228000     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/gt2004-53392     Document Type: Conference Paper

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