Controlling soot

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PATENT NO 12241629
APP PUB NO 20230072621A1
SERIAL NO

17896442

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A gas turbine engine comprising a variable geometry combustor having fuel injectors, a rich-burn zone, a quick-quench zone, and a lean-burn zone, and further comprising quench ports for admitting quench air to the quick-quench zone; a variable geometry airflow arrangement for the variable geometry combustor, which is configured to vary an airflow through the fuel injectors and/or the quench ports; and a control system configured to control the variable geometry airflow arrangement in dependence upon an airflow delivered to the combustor, a fuel flow to the fuel injectors, and a target index of soot emissions to control the quantity of soot produced by combustion.

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  • ROLLS ROYCE PLC

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Madden, Christopher P Derby, GB 56 108
Swann, Peter Derby, GB 85 375

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