The Boeing Company

Albert D Tomassian

Alan Zachary Ullman

Clyde D Newman

Jeffrey H Hunt

David Wait

Brian Leigh Wherley

John P Eblen, Jr

An apparatus and method for vaporizing liquid are provided which employ a plurality of rods disposed within a storage vessel that serve as the heat transfer element. While the plurality of rods are generally submerged by the liquid fuel to facilitate heat transfer and vaporization of the liquid fuel, the rods may be packed closely together such that the liquid inventory required to maintain the rods in a submerged state is substantially less than required by conventional fuel supply systems, thereby permitting the weight of a fuel supply system that incorporates the apparatus and method to be reduced while still permitting effective vaporization of the fuel.

Method and apparatus for vaporizing liquid

An apparatus and method for gas/liquid separation on an array of jets or streams of liquid is provided. Layers of structured packing material are configured to 'quiet' high-velocity liquid flow with entrained gas to provide a flow at moderate or low velocity from which the gas has been substantially separated from the liquid.

Gas/liquid separation utilizing structured separator material

A hidrogen detection system ( ) includes a hydrogen sensor( ) that detects contamination within a reaction member and generates a hydrogen contamination signal. A surface spectroscopic system ( ) is operational in conjuction with the hydrogen sensor ( ) and determines contamination of the hydrogen sensor ( ) and generates a sensor contamination signal. A controller ( ) is electrically coupled to the hydrogen sensor ( ) and the surface spectroscopic system ( ) and compares the hydrogen contamination signal to the sensor contamination signal and generates a corrected hydrogen contamination signal.

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Albert D Tomassian