ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,460,821, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Solar Turbines Inc. (San Diego).
"Fuel injector panels having micromixers" was invented by Christian Di Norscia (Santee, Calif.), Rajeshriben Patel (San Diego), German Verduzco (Chula Vista, Calif.), Robert Fanella (San Diego), Peter Sykes (San Marcos, Calif.) and Hanjie Lee (San Diego).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Fuel injection for hydrogen-gas fuels poses risks with regard to emissions, flashback, and flame-holding events in a gas turbine engine. Accordingly, embodiments of a fuel injection system are disclosed that uniformly mix gas and fuel, while stabilizing a flame and facilitating mainte...