A hybrid power plant system including a gas turbine system and a coal fired boiler system inputs high oxygen content gas turbine flue gas into the coal fired boiler system, said gas turbine flue gas also including carbon dioxide that is desired to be captured rather than released to the atmosphere. Oxygen in the gas turbine flue gas is consumed in the coal fired boiler, resulting in relatively low oxygen content boiler flue gas stream to be processed. Carbon dioxide, originally included in the gas turbine flue gas, is subsequently captured by the post combustion capture apparatus of the coal fired boiler system, along with carbon diode generated by the burning of coal. The supply of gas turbine flue gas which is input into the boiler system is controlled using dampers and/or fans by a controller based on an oxygen sensor measurement and one or more flow rate measurements.

A method for operating a combustion chamber is provided. The method includes obtaining a carbon monoxide reading at an exit of the combustion chamber via a carbon monoxide sensor, and deriving an oxygen set point trim based at least in part on the carbon monoxide reading and a carbon monoxide set point via a controller. The method further includes determining a stability status of the combustion chamber via a combustion stability sensor, and adjusting an oxygen set point of the combustion chamber with the oxygen set point trim based at least in part on the stability status via the controller. The oxygen set point defines a desired oxygen level at the exit of the combustion chamber.

A flame arrester for a process device is provided. The flame arrester includes a flame arrester element formed of a first helix having a first axis and a second helix having a second axis, wherein the first axis and the second axis are unparallel. A housing configured to mount to the process device. The flame arrester element is mounted to the housing. A combustion analyzer employing an improved flame arrester is provided along with a method of manufacturing an improved flame arrester for process devices.

A method includes identifying a first steady-state gain associated with a relationship between a characteristic of a furnace and a setpoint used by a controller that is configured to control the characteristic of the furnace, The first steady-state gain is identified using data collected when the furnace is not suffering from flooding. The method also includes identifying a second steady-state gain associated with the relationship during operation of the furnace. The method further includes comparing the first and second steady-state gains and identifying actual or potential flooding of the furnace based on the comparison.

Methods and systems for programming and controlling a control system of a gas valve assembly. The methods and systems include programming a control system in an automated manner to establish an air-fuel ratio based at least in part on a burner firing rate. The established air-fuel ratio may be configured to facilitate meeting a combustion constituent set point of combustion constituents in the combustion exhaust. The methods and systems include controlling operation of a combustion appliance based on closed-loop control techniques and utilizing feedback from a sensor measuring combustion constituents in exhaust from a combustion chamber in the combustion appliance. The combustion constituents on which control of the combustion appliance may be determined include oxygen and/or carbon dioxide.

A system is provided with a turbine combustor having a first diffusion fuel nozzle, wherein the first diffusion fuel nozzle is configured to produce a diffusion flame. The system includes a turbine driven by combustion products from the diffusion flame in the turbine combustor. The system also includes an exhaust gas compressor, wherein the exhaust gas compressor is configured to compress and route an exhaust gas from the turbine to the turbine combustor along an exhaust recirculation path. In addition, the system includes a control system configured to control flow rates of at least one oxidant and at least one fuel to the turbine combustor in a stoichiometric control mode and a non-stoichiometric control mode, wherein the stoichiometric control mode is configured to change the flow rates and provide a substantially stoichiometric ratio of the at least one fuel with the at least one oxidant, and the non-stoichiometric control mode is configured to change the flow rates and provide a non-stoichiometric ratio of the at least one fuel with the at least one oxidant.

An arrangement for adjusting the ratio between supplied amounts of fuel (PA) and air (I) in a burner, which is intended for a gaseous and/or liquid fuel is disclosed. The burner comprises a fuel and air mixing zone, a fuel supply conduit adapted to supply the mixing zone with a given inlet flow of fuel, a combustion air supply means adapted to supply the mixing zone with a given inlet flow of combustion air, and burner automation. The burner automation contains measuring instruments. The burner has its mixing zone accompanied by a combustion chamber which is in communication with a flue gas conduit. The combustion chamber or flue gas conduit has at least one catalytic zone. In the arrangement, the measuring instruments include at least one sensor, such as a lambda sensor, measuring the amount of residual oxygen in flue gases (flue gas oxidation/reduction potential). In the arrangement adjustment for an inlet flow (Q.sub.I, Q.sub.Itot) of combustion air generated by the combustion air (I) supply means (determined as a volume flow per unit time), as well as the adjustment for an inlet flow (Q.sub.PA, Q.sub.PAtot) of fuel arriving in the mixing zone by way of the fuel supply conduit (determined as a volume flow per unit time), by means of burner automation, is based on the amount of residual oxygen measured from flue gases (S) with the measuring instrument, by way of which the burner automation adjusts the relative ratio between said inlet flow (Q.sub.I, Q.sub.Itot) of combustion air as well as the inlet flow (Q.sub.PA, Q.sub.PAtot) of fuel in such a way that the amount of residual oxygen is within the range of 0.05-0.5% in flue gases prior to the catalytic zone.

A heater comprises a combustion chamber and a jacket extending about the combustion chamber. There is a fan having an output which communicates with the combustion chamber to provide combustion air. There is also a fuel delivery system having a variable delivery rate. A burner assembly is connected to the combustion chamber. The burner assembly has a burner mounted thereon adjacent the combustion chamber. The burner receives fuel from the fuel delivery system. There is an exhaust system extending from the combustion chamber. An oxygen sensor is positioned in the exhaust system to detect oxygen content of exhaust gases. There is a control system operatively coupled to the oxygen sensor and the fuel delivery system. The control system controls the delivery rate of the fuel delivery system according to the oxygen content of the exhaust gases

A system includes a probe disposed through one or more walls of a turbomachine. The probe includes a sensing component configured to sense a parameter of the turbomachine. The probe also includes a body coupled to the sensing component, an inlet configured to receive a cooling inflow, a shell that defines a cooling passage, and an outlet. The sensing component is disposed on a warm side of the one or more walls. The inlet and the outlet are disposed on a cool side of the one or more walls. The cooling passage directs the cooling inflow toward the sensing component and toward the outlet. The outlet is configured to receive an outflow from the cooling passage, wherein the outflow includes at least a portion of the cooling inflow.

A surface heater automatically adjusts the supply of fuel and/air to the burner in order to maintain a desired air/fuel ratio despite changes in ambient air temperature and/or pressure. The adjustment may be performed on a periodic or continuous basis and on either an open-loop basis or a closed-loop basis. The adjustment includes actuating one or more control devices that control the flow of air and/or fuel to the burner. If the adjustment is performed on a closed-loop basis, signals from a sensor can be used as feedback to control the flow of air and/or fuel into the burner to maintain a setpoint of a controlled parameter. The controlled parameter may include one or more of air mass flow rate, an intake O.sub.2 concentration, an exhaust O.sub.2 concentration, an exhaust gas composition, and an exhaust gas temperature.