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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 11, 2017
Filed:
Nov. 26, 2013
Applicant:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Inventors:
Michael Jay Epstein, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Paul Bernard Stumbo, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Robert Harold Weisgerber, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64D 37/32 (2006.01); B64D 37/30 (2006.01); F17C 3/00 (2006.01); F02C 7/14 (2006.01); F02C 7/224 (2006.01); F02C 9/40 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64D 37/30 (2013.01); B64D 37/32 (2013.01); F02C 7/14 (2013.01); F02C 7/224 (2013.01); F02C 9/40 (2013.01); F17C 3/00 (2013.01); F05D 2260/213 (2013.01); F05D 2260/98 (2013.01); Y02T 50/44 (2013.01); Y02T 50/672 (2013.01); Y02T 50/676 (2013.01); Y02T 90/44 (2013.01);
Abstract
An aircraft having a turbine engine having a bleed air output line, a cryogenic fuel system having a cryogenic fuel tank for storing cryogenic fuel and a supply line operably coupling the tank to the turbine engine, and an on board inert gas generating system (OBIGGS) fluidly coupled to the bleed air output and having a nitrogen rich stream output line and an oxygen rich stream output line.