US Patent Issued to ROLLS-ROYCE on April 14 for "Gas turbine engine fuel system comprising multiple fuel heaters" (British Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,601,300, issued on April 14, was assigned to ROLLS-ROYCE plc (London).

"Gas turbine engine fuel system comprising multiple fuel heaters" was invented by Chloe J. Palmer (Derby, Great Britain), Marko Bacic (Oxford, Great Britain) and Paul J. H. Harris (Derby, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fuel system for a gas turbine engine includes a fuel offtake configured to divert a portion of hydrogen fuel from a main fuel conduit, a burner configured to burn the portion of hydrogen fuel diverted from the main fuel conduit and at least first and second heat exchangers. The first heat exchanger is configured to transfer heat from ex...