US 12,264,609 B2
Partial exhaust gas augmented condensation
Neil J. Terwilliger, Cheshire, CT (US)
Assigned to RTX CORPORATION, Farmington, CT (US)
Filed by RTX CORPORATION, Farmington, CT (US)
Filed on Aug. 29, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/457,486.
Prior Publication US 2025/0075649 A1, Mar. 6, 2025
Int. Cl. F01N 3/18 (2006.01); F01N 3/24 (2006.01); F02C 7/143 (2006.01)
CPC F01N 3/18 (2013.01) [F01N 3/24 (2013.01); F02C 7/143 (2013.01); F05D 2270/08 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A turbine engine assembly comprising:
a compressor section where an inlet airflow is compressed;
a combustor section where the compressed inlet airflow is mixed with fuel and ignited to generate an exhaust gas flow that is communicated through a core flow path;
a turbine section through which the exhaust gas flow expands to generate a mechanical power output, wherein the exhaust gas flow is split into a first exhaust gas flow and a second exhaust gas flow;
a condenser where water from the second exhaust gas flow is condensed and extracted; and
an evaporator system where thermal energy from at least the second exhaust gas flow is utilized to generate a steam flow from at least a portion of water extracted by the condenser for injection into a core flow path;
an exhaust mixer for merging the first exhaust gas flow and the second exhaust flow downstream from the condenser.