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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 03, 2023
Filed:
May. 01, 2020
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Ethan Patrick O'Connor, Hamilton, OH (US);
Brandon Wayne Miller, Liberty Township, OH (US);
Daniel Alan Niergarth, Norwood, OH (US);
Alfred Albert Mancini, Cincinnati, OH (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A fuel oxygen reduction unit for an engine is provided. The fuel oxygen reduction unit includes an inlet fuel line; a stripping gas source; a contactor selectively in fluid communication with the stripping gas source, the inlet fuel line, or both to form a fuel/gas mixture; and a separator that receives the fuel/gas mixture, the separator configured to separate the fuel/gas mixture into an outlet stripping gas flow and an outlet fuel flow; wherein a flow of stripping gas passes through the fuel oxygen reduction unit a single time.