A fast response chemiluminescent flame detection approach is presented along with field test results from a fiber optic based flame detector device. Chemiluminescence, the light given off by molecules formed in their excited states, has long been recognized as a diagnostics method for use in combustion. The recent advent of higher quality optical fibers with improved transmission properties in the UV, as well as UV optical detectors, has made the use of chemiluminescence for gas turbine diagnostics and monitoring practical. Advances in combustor designs on new low-emissions machines as well as reliability issues with some existing machines are creating the need for improved flame dynamics measurements as well as improvements in reliability for existing measurements such as combustor flame detection. This paper discusses the technology, principle of operation, and detectors that operate on the chemiluminescence principle.
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April 1995
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Improved Method for Flame Detection in Combustion Turbines
R. J. Roby,
R. J. Roby
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA 24061
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A. J. Hamer,
A. J. Hamer
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA 24061
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E. L. Johnson,
E. L. Johnson
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA 24061
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S. A. Tilstra,
S. A. Tilstra
Rosemount Aerospace, Inc., Eagan, MN 55121
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T. J. Burt
T. J. Burt
Rosemount Aerospace, Inc., Eagan, MN 55121
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R. J. Roby
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA 24061
A. J. Hamer
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA 24061
E. L. Johnson
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA 24061
S. A. Tilstra
Rosemount Aerospace, Inc., Eagan, MN 55121
T. J. Burt
Rosemount Aerospace, Inc., Eagan, MN 55121
J. Eng. Gas Turbines Power. Apr 1995, 117(2): 332-340 (9 pages)
Published Online: April 1, 1995
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July 23, 1994
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Roby, R. J., Hamer, A. J., Johnson, E. L., Tilstra, S. A., and Burt, T. J. (April 1, 1995). "Improved Method for Flame Detection in Combustion Turbines." ASME. J. Eng. Gas Turbines Power. April 1995; 117(2): 332–340. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.2814099
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