US Patent Issued to GE Vernova Infrastructure Technology on Jan. 13 for "Flash-atomizing ammonia in a gas turbine combustor" (Swiss, Indian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,523,171, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to GE Vernova Infrastructure Technology LLC (Greenville, S.C.).

"Flash-atomizing ammonia in a gas turbine combustor" was invented by Juergen Gerhard Hoffmann (Baden, Switzerland) and Rajani Kumar Akula (Bengaluru, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Gas turbine systems and methods of operation are provided. The gas turbine system includes a combustion section having at least one combustor and an ammonia supply system. The method includes generating flash-atomizing ammonia. The flash-atomizing ammonia is generated by pressurizing ammonia from the ammonia supply system to an injection pressure that...