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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 29, 2010
Filed:
Feb. 13, 2004
Applicants:
Thomas Vanderspurt, Glastonbury, CT (US);
Harry Cordatos, Colchester, CT (US);
Inventors:
Thomas Vanderspurt, Glastonbury, CT (US);
Harry Cordatos, Colchester, CT (US);
Assignee:
United Technologies Corporation, Hartford, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01J 8/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A fuel delivery system for a gas turbine engine includes a catalytic device for treating fuel to increase the usable cooling capability of an endothermic fuel. The catalytic device operates to treat and decompose components within in the fuel to render the fuel non-coking beyond 250° F. The catalytic device includes material that initiates reactions, and decomposition of coke forming components within the fuel to non-coke forming components within the fuel.