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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 30, 2021
Filed:
Nov. 21, 2017
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Daniel Alan Niergarth, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Sridhar Adibhatla, Glendale, OH (US);
Brandon Wayne Miller, Liberty Township, OH (US);
David William Crall, Loveland, OH (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A combustion engine includes a combustion section; a fuel delivery system for providing a fuel flow to the combustion section, the fuel delivery system including an oxygen reduction unit for reducing an oxygen content of the fuel flow; a thermal management system including a heat sink heat exchanger, the heat sink heat exchanger in thermal communication with the fuel delivery system at a location downstream of the oxygen reduction unit; and a control system including a sensor operable with the fuel delivery system for sensing data indicative of an operability of the oxygen reduction unit and a controller operable with the sensor, the controller configured to initiate a corrective action based on the data sensed by the sensor indicative of the operability of the oxygen reduction unit.