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Stability was identified by the pressure spectra obtained under various running conditions using piezoelectric pressure transducers wired to a spectrum analyzer. Operational parameters such as fuel composition, fuel injection location, acoustic configuration, and equivalence ratio were varied until instabilities were minimized. The optimal configuration ran with upstream fuel injection (premixed mode) at the duct center line and an orifice plate installed immediately upstream of the fuel injectors, with propane as the fuel. Once stability was achieved, LOA data was taken. The results showed some significant differences between the reacting and nonreacting flows. The most significant effect was the difference between the inherent recirculation regions for each case. Combustion decreased the length of the region by approximately 50 percent, while increasing the maximum negative velocities. This made for a more compact, but stronger, recirculation region. 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Operational parameters such as fuel composition, fuel injection location, acoustic configuration, and equivalence ratio were varied until instabilities were minimized. The optimal configuration ran with upstream fuel injection (premixed mode) at the duct center line and an orifice plate installed immediately upstream of the fuel injectors, with propane as the fuel. Once stability was achieved, LOA data was taken. The results showed some significant differences between the reacting and nonreacting flows. The most significant effect was the difference between the inherent recirculation regions for each case. Combustion decreased the length of the region by approximately 50 percent, while increasing the maximum negative velocities. This made for a more compact, but stronger, recirculation region. 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