ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,560,124, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to RTX Corp. (Farmington, Conn.).
"Cryogenic assisted bottoming cycle" was invented by Neil J. Terwilliger (Cheshire, Conn.) and Brandon M. Evans (San Antonio).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system includes a top cycle and a bottoming cycle. The top cycle is an engine having a combustor. The combustor receives a fuel. The combustor is capable of igniting a mix of fuel and a gas, and creating products of combustion. Products of the combustion pass downstream through a first heat exchanger. The bottoming cycle has a bottoming cycle working fluid receiving a first amount of heat through the first he...