US Patent Issued to RTX on June 17 for "Circumferential flow condenser arrangement for an aircraft propulsion system" (Connecticut Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,331,686, issued on June 17, was assigned to RTX Corp. (Farmington, Conn.).

"Circumferential flow condenser arrangement for an aircraft propulsion system" was invented by Jesse M. Chandler (S. Windsor, Conn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aircraft propulsion system includes a series of condensers where water is condensed from the exhaust gas flow. Each of the series of condensers define a passage for exhaust gas flow such that water recovered from the exhaust gas flow drains at a downward angle in a direction of gravity through each of the series of condensers. A series of water separators separate the exhaust gas flow from water conde...