US Patent Issued to RTX on Jan. 20 for "Partial exhaust condensation with cryogenic assisted bottoming cycle" (Connecticut, Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,529,333, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to RTX Corp. (Farmington, Conn.).

"Partial exhaust condensation with cryogenic assisted bottoming cycle" was invented by Brandon M. Evans (San Antonio) and Neil J. Terwilliger (Cheshire, Conn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aircraft propulsion system includes a core engine and a bottoming cycle where a working fluid is circulated within a closed circuit. A first heat exchanger is used to transfer heat from a portion of thermal energy from the exhaust gas flow to working fluid of the bottoming cycle. A fuel/working fluid heat exchanger provides the cryogenic fuel to cool the working fluid exhaus...