ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,601,291, issued on April 14, was assigned to Rolls-Royce PLC (London).
"Hydrogen fuelled gas turbine engine" was invented by Marko Bacic (Derby, Great Britain), Rory D. Stieger (Derby, Great Britain), Mark D. Taylor (Derby, Great Britain), Chloe J. Palmer (Derby, Great Britain) and Kenneth J. Young (Derby, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fuel system for a gas turbine engine configured to combust hydrogen fuel is disclosed. The fuel system comprises a main fuel conduit and a fuel pump configured to operate on liquid hydrogen within the fuel conduit to provide pressurised fuel to a combustor of the gas turbine engine. A fue...