ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,270,341, issued on April 8, was assigned to ROLLS-ROYCE plc (London).
"Gas turbine engine fuel system" was invented by Chloe J Palmer (Derby, Great Britain), Jacopo Tacconi (Derby, Great Britain) and Nicholas Grech (Derby, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A gas turbine engine fuel system includes a fuel offtake configured to divert a portion of hydrogen fuel from a main fuel conduit, a burner configured to burn the portion of hydrogen fuel diverted from the main fuel conduit, a heat exchanger configured to transfer heat from exhaust gasses produced by the burner to hydrogen fuel in the main fuel conduit and a power recovery d...