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Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 2026

Filed:

Jan. 29, 2025
Applicant:

Rtx Corporation, Farmington, CT (US);

Inventor:

Malcolm P. Macdonald, Bloomfield, CT (US);

Assignee:

RTX CORPORATION, Farmington, CT (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02C 6/18 (2006.01); F01D 15/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F02C 6/18 (2013.01); F01D 15/10 (2013.01); F05D 2220/62 (2013.01); F05D 2220/76 (2013.01);
Abstract

An aircraft propulsion system includes a core engine, a propulsive fan, and a bottoming cycle that includes a working fluid mixture within a closed circuit that is heated and expanded through a bottom turbine to generate shaft power. The working fluid mixture includes a proportion of at least two fluids having different properties that is adjustable to change a capability of the working fluid mixture at different bottoming cycle operating points. The bottom cycle includes a reactor assembly configured to generate a reaction with one of the at least two fluids for adjusting the proportion of the at least two fluids of the working fluid mixture.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Macdonald, Malcolm. (2026). Mixture separation in bottoming cycle (U.S. Patent No. 12742415). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/12742415

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