Patent · US Active

Fuel-cooled engine component(s)

US11859535B2 · kind B2 · utility

0Cited by

12References

18Claims

0Family size

Assignee

RTX CORPORATION · US

Inventors

Dustin W. Davis · Marlborough, US
Lance L. Smith · Town of West Hartford, US
Won-Wook Kim · Town of West Hartford, US

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 9, 2021
Grant date	Jan 2, 2024
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 9, 2041

Classification

Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
CPC primaryF23R2900/00002
WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

An assembly is provided for a turbine engine with a flowpath. This assembly includes a fuel source and an engine component. The engine component forms a peripheral boundary of the flowpath. The engine component includes a component internal passage. The engine component is configured to receive fuel from the fuel source. The engine component is configured to crack at least some of the fuel within the component internal passage thereby cooling the engine component and providing at least partially cracked fuel. The assembly is configured to direct the at least partially cracked fuel into the flowpath for combustion.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.