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Date of Patent:
Feb. 04, 2025

Filed:

Aug. 14, 2023
Applicant:

Rtx Corporation, Farmington, CT (US);

Inventors:

Neil J. Terwilliger, Cheshire, CT (US);

Walter A. Ledwith, Jr., Marlborough, CT (US);

Joseph B. Staubach, Colchester, CT (US);

David L. Ma, Avon, CT (US);

Assignee:

RTX Corporation, Farmington, CT (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01K 25/00 (2006.01); F01K 7/12 (2006.01); F01K 7/16 (2006.01); F01K 15/02 (2006.01); F01K 27/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F01K 25/005 (2013.01); F01K 7/12 (2013.01); F01K 7/16 (2013.01); F01K 15/02 (2013.01); F01K 27/02 (2013.01);
Abstract

A powerplant is provided that includes an engine and a water recovery system. The engine includes an engine combustor, an engine turbine, a flowpath and a fluid delivery system. The flowpath extends out of the engine combustor and through the engine turbine. The fluid delivery system includes a hydrogen reservoir and an oxygen reservoir. The hydrogen reservoir is configured to store fluid hydrogen as liquid hydrogen. The oxygen reservoir is configured to store fluid oxygen as liquid oxygen. The fluid delivery system is configured to provide the fluid hydrogen and the fluid oxygen for combustion within the engine combustor to produce combustion products within the flowpath. The water recovery system is configured to extract water from the combustion products. The water recovery system is configured to provide the water to a component of the powerplant.


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