Patent ID: 8906301

Claim:
A system, comprising: a combustion system, comprising: a wall disposed about a combustion zone; a plurality of fluid paths leading to the combustion zone; a plurality of fluid jets coupled to the wall in a first spatial distribution, wherein each fluid jet of the plurality of fluid jets is disposed along one of the plurality of fluid paths; and a plurality of forcing frequency drives, wherein each forcing frequency drive of the plurality of forcing frequency drives comprises a signal generator, an amplifier, and a horn or speaker, and wherein each forcing frequency drive of the plurality of forcing frequency drives is coupled to one of the plurality of fluid paths upstream from an outlet of one of the plurality of fluid jets, and each forcing frequency drive of the plurality of forcing frequency drives during operation vibrates or modulates fluid flowing along the respective fluid path each forcing frequency drive is coupled to; a spatial monitoring system comprising a plurality of sensors disposed in a second spatial distribution within or downstream from the combustion zone; and a control system having a computer-readable memory encoding a first set of instructions that when executed enable the control system to independently control the plurality of forcing frequency drives to adjust a third spatial distribution of a plurality of forcing frequencies applied to fluid expelled from the plurality of fluid jets and a second set of instructions that when executed enable the control system to independently control the plurality of forcing frequency drives to adjust a fourth spatial distribution of a plurality of forcing amplitudes applied to the fluid expelled from the plurality of fluid jets, wherein the control system when in operation in response to sensor feedback from the plurality of sensors indicating spatial variation in one or more combustion parameters in the second spatial distribution executes the first set of instructions, the second set of instructions, or both the first and second sets of instructions.