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US 10,527,011 B2Granted
Sonication-assisted fuel deoxygenation
AssigneeHamilton Sundstrand Corporation
InventorsAlexander Staroselsky, Haralambos Cordatos
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Abstract
A fuel deoxygenation system has a deoxygenator, an ultrasound transducer, and a control. The ultrasonic transducer is operable to direct ultrasonic waves into a flow passage for a fuel connected to the deoxygenator. A gas turbine engine and a method are also disclosed.
Claims17
A dissolved oxygen removal system comprising:
- a deoxygenator;
- an ultrasonic transducer and a control, said ultrasonic transducer being operable to direct ultrasonic waves into a flow passage for a fuel connected to said deoxygenator;
- and
- wherein the control for said ultrasonic transducer periodically creates bursts of said ultrasonic waves and then stops the ultrasonic waves for a break period.
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A gas turbine engine fuel supply system comprising:
- a gas turbine engine and a fuel pump delivering fuel into a combustor on said gas turbine engine;
- a deoxygenator;
- an ultrasonic transducer and a control, said ultrasonic transducer being operable to direct ultrasonic waves into a flow passage for a fuel connected to said deoxygenator;
- and
- wherein the control for said ultrasonic transducer periodically creates bursts of said ultrasonic waves and then stops the ultrasonic waves for a break period.
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A method of operating a gas turbine engine comprising the steps of:
- delivering fuel into a combustor on said gas turbine engine and through a deoxygenator;
- directing ultrasonic waves into a flow passage for the fuel connected to said deoxygenator;
- and
- wherein a control for an ultrasonic transducer periodically creates bursts of said ultrasonic waves and then stops the ultrasonic waves for a break period.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.