Method and device for the control of thermoacoustic instabilities or oscillations in a combustion system

Abstract

In a method for the control of thermoacoustic instabilities or oscillations in a combustion system (15), pressure oscillations and/or heat release oscillations in the combustion system (15), which are linked to the thermoacoustic instabilities, are measured, the resulting measurement signal is filtered, time-delayed and amplified, and, according to the filtered, delayed and amplified measurement signal, the fuel stream to or the combustion air for the combustion system (15) is modulated. In such a method, the use of more cost-effective modulation devices is achieved in that modulation takes place at a subharmonic of a dominant instability frequency in the combustion system (15).

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