US Patent Issued to General Electric on Nov. 3 for "Fuel flexible co-swirl premixer suitable for hydrogen, natural gas and liquid fuels" (Indian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,781,965, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to General Electric Co. (Evendale, Ohio).

"Fuel flexible co-swirl premixer suitable for hydrogen, natural gas and liquid fuels" was invented by Baladandayuthapani Nagarajan (Chennai, India), Ajoy Patra (Bengaluru, India) and Pradeep Naik (Bengaluru, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A premixer for a combustor of a turbine engine is configured to allow gas turbines originally designed for use with natural gas or liquid fuels to operate using hydrogen fuel or a blend of hydrogen and other fuels to minimize CO and NOx emissions for cleaner combustion. The premixer includes a co-swirl swirler body, a...