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US 2016/0109134 A1Published application
Fuel supply system, jet engine and manufacturing method of fuel supply system
AssigneeMitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
InventorKenji SUZUKI
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Abstract
A fuel supply system includes a fuel reformer disposed to contact at least one of a combustion chamber or a wall of the combustion chamber. The fuel reformer includes a reformer chamber wall enclosing a fuel reformer chamber, and a reforming catalyst support sheet disposed in the fuel reformer chamber.
Claims16
A fuel supply system comprising:
- a fuel reformer disposed to contact at least one of a combustion chamber or a wall of the combustion chamber;
- a first pipe configured to supply liquid fuel before reformation to the fuel reformer;
- and
- a second pipe configured to supply reformed fuel reformed by the fuel reformer to the combustion chamber,
- wherein the fuel reformer comprises:
- a fuel inlet connected to the first pipe;
- a fuel outlet connected to the second pipe;
- a reformer chamber wall enclosing a fuel reformer chamber;
- a reforming catalyst support sheet supporting a catalyst and disposed in the fuel reformer chamber;
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- a helical flow generating mechanism configured to generate a helical flow of fuel.
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A fuel supply system comprising:
- a fuel injector configured to inject a reformed fuel in a combustion chamber;
- a fuel reformer disposed to contact at least one of the combustion chamber or a wall of the combustion chamber;
- a first pipe configured to supply liquid fuel before reformation to the fuel reformer;
- and
- a second pipe configured to supply the reformed fuel reformed by the fuel reformer to the fuel injector,
- wherein the fuel reformer comprises:
- a fuel inlet connected to the first pipe;
- a fuel outlet connected to the second pipe;
- a reformer chamber wall enclosing a fuel reformer chamber;
- and
- a reforming catalyst support sheet supporting a catalyst and disposed in the fuel reformer chamber.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.