US Patent 7337614 Engine fueling method

Patent 7337614 was granted and assigned to United Technologies on March, 2008 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

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Patent attributes

Current Assignee

United Technologies

Patent Jurisdiction

United States Patent and Trademark Office

Patent Number

73376140

Patent Inventor Names

Curtis C. Cowan0

Date of Patent

March 4, 2008

Patent Application Number

111842640

Date Filed

July 18, 2005

Patent Primary Examiner

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Charles G Freay

Patent abstract

A gas turbine engine is piloted with a pilot flow of fuel delivered to a combustor as a liquid. A first additional flow of the fuel is also delivered to the combustor as a liquid. A second additional flow of the fuel is vaporized and delivered to the combustor as a vapor. A fuel injector may have passageways associated with each of the three flows.