Fuel delivery
AssigneeROLLS-ROYCE plc
InventorsChloe J. PALMER, Guy D. SNOWSILL, Jonathan E. HOLT
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Abstract
A fuel delivery system (201) is shown for delivering the hydrogen fuel from a cryogenic storage system to a fuel injection system in a gas turbine engine. The fuel delivery system includes a pump (301), a metering device (302), and a fuel heating system (303,304) for heating the hydrogen fuel to an injection temperature for the fuel injection system.
Claims20
A fuel delivery system for delivering hydrogen fuel from a cryogenic storage system to a fuel injection system in a gas turbine engine, the fuel delivery system including a pump, a metering device, and a fuel heating system for heating the hydrogen fuel to an injection temperature for the fuel injection system.
A gas turbine engine comprising a combustor, a fuel injection system, and a fuel delivery system for delivering hydrogen fuel from a cryogenic storage system to the fuel injection system, and in which the fuel delivery system comprises a pump, a metering device, and a fuel heating system for heating the hydrogen fuel to an injection temperature for the fuel injection system.
A method of delivering hydrogen fuel from a cryogenic storage system to a fuel injection system in a gas turbine engine, comprising:
- pumping the hydrogen fuel from the cryogenic storage system;
- heating the hydrogen fuel to an injection temperature for the fuel injection system;
- metering the quantity of fuel for delivery to the fuel injection system.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.