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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 03, 2024
Filed:
May. 15, 2023
Applicant:
Raytheon Technologies Corporation, Farmington, CT (US);
Inventors:
Neil J. Terwilliger, Cheshire, CT (US);
Joseph B. Staubach, Colchester, CT (US);
Charles E. Lents, Amston, CT (US);
Assignee:
RTX CORPORATION, Farmington, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02C 7/143 (2006.01); F02C 3/20 (2006.01); F02C 3/22 (2006.01); F02C 3/30 (2006.01); F02C 7/224 (2006.01); F02C 7/22 (2006.01); F02C 7/36 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F02C 7/1435 (2013.01); F02C 3/20 (2013.01); F02C 3/22 (2013.01); F02C 3/30 (2013.01); F02C 3/305 (2013.01); F02C 7/143 (2013.01); F02C 7/224 (2013.01); F02C 7/22 (2013.01); F02C 7/36 (2013.01);
Abstract
A propulsion system includes a core engine generating a high energy gas flow, a condenser configured to extract water from the high energy gas flow and an evaporator transforming the extracted water into a steam flow. The steam flow is injected into a core flow path of the core engine increase mass flow.