US Patent Issued to Pratt & Whitney Canada on July 7 for "Powerplant fuel system utilizing ammonia" (Canadian Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,674,426, issued on July 7, was assigned to Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp. (Longueuil, Canada).

"Powerplant fuel system utilizing ammonia" was invented by Eric S. Durocher (Boucherville, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fuel system is configured to deliver a first fuel and/or a second fuel to a combustor section. The fuel system includes a first fuel source, a second fuel source, a first control valve, a second control valve, a metering valve and a fuel injector. The first fuel source is configured to crack ammonia into hydrogen gas and nitrogen gas and subsequently output the first fuel. The second fuel source is configured to output...