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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 24, 2025
Filed:
Aug. 30, 2023
Applicant:
Rtx Corporation, Farmington, CT (US);
Inventors:
Neil J. Terwilliger, Cheshire, CT (US);
Andressa L. Johnson, Kailua, HI (US);
Assignee:
RTX CORPORATION, Farmington, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01K 23/10 (2006.01); F01K 3/26 (2006.01); F01K 7/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F01K 23/10 (2013.01); F01K 3/26 (2013.01); F01K 7/16 (2013.01); F05D 2220/323 (2013.01);
Abstract
An aircraft propulsion system includes a condenser at least partially disposed within the core flow path where water is extracted from the exhaust gas flow, an evaporator system that is at least partially disposed within the core flow path upstream of the condenser where thermal energy from the exhaust gas flow is utilized to generate a steam flow from at least a portion of water that is extracted by the condenser. Steam within the exhaust gas flow is concentrated into a portion of the exhaust gas flow that is communicated through the condenser.