US Patent Issued to IHI on Aug. 19 for "Combustion device and gas turbine system for suppressing vaporization of ammonia" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,392,281, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to IHI Corp. (Tokyo).

"Combustion device and gas turbine system for suppressing vaporization of ammonia" was invented by Shintaro Ito (Tokyo) and Masahiro Uchida (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A combustion device includes: a liner including an opening at an end, the liner inside of which is formed with a combustion chamber; an air flow path communicating with the opening of the liner; an ammonia supply pipe inserted through the opening of the liner; and a starting fuel supply pipe disposed between the ammonia supply pipe and the air flow path."

The patent was filed on Sept. 7, 2023, under ...