Turbine/Propulsion Fuel Heating TRIZ Cases

Methanol reforming and turbine heat recovery raise hybrid drive efficiency while cutting system weight and NOx emissions.

Methanol reforming feeds synthesis gas to a gas turbine generator, raising efficiency and reducing hybrid battery size and climate impact.

Heating and pressurizing pump fluid to gas or supercritical state lets an eductor clear foil-bearing liquid and cut pre-startup windage loss.

Hot exhaust gases preheat dihydrogen through a double-walled duct in the bypass chamber, improving combustion efficiency while isolating leaks.

Hot exhaust gases heat dihydrogen through vane-integrated duct sections, improving combustion efficiency without a separate heater.

Outlet baffles mix burner exhaust before the heat exchanger, enabling compact hydrogen preheating while limiting hot spots and thermoacoustic vibration.

Heating fuel to precipitate and remove particles before combustion helps cut contrail formation while avoiding engine deposits.

Cryogenic fuel is compressed, heated, expanded, and remixed to recover exhaust heat and generate extra shaft power in aircraft propulsion.

An integrated enclosure uses the engine casing to house hydrogen treatment and injection parts, cutting aircraft powerplant weight and footprint while containing leaks.

Two bottoming cycles with different working fluids use cryogenic fuel heat exchange to recover more aircraft engine waste heat.

Pressurized, heated ammonia flash-atomizes in the combustor to improve mixing, raise combustion efficiency, and cut NOx emissions.

Unreacted hydrogen in fuel cell waste is burned or catalytically reacted to spin a turbine, adding shaft torque and improving energy use.

Internal heated fuel channels raise fuel temperature before injection, improving atomization, limiting coking, and supporting gas turbine relight.

A constant-speed pump and buffer tank split fuel delivery to match turbomachine demand while reducing pump stress across flight phases.

A heated fuel loop forms and removes precipitates before combustion, lowering exhaust particles that trigger water condensation and contrails.

Controlled tank heating keeps compressed hydrogen within engine feed pressure limits, enabling pump-free fuel delivery across flight conditions.

A movable bypass damper routes core combustion gas through treatment or around it, balancing exhaust emissions and engine performance.

This vertical once-through HRSG uses staged desuperheaters to stabilize steam flow, protect turbines, and reduce startup emissions.

Heating water before injection into the combustor reduces nitrous oxide emissions without sacrificing fuel efficiency.

Overfeeding the medium-pressure evaporator with a water-steam separator discharges excess heated water to a fuel preheating circuit.

A gas-turbine power generation set uses a hydrogen-mixed fuel derived from ammonia decomposition to generate electricity.

Segmented fuel split and temperature modules maintain stability across varying compositions without costly meters.

Thermoelectric device transfers heat from aircraft controllers to engine fuel via a closed loop system.

A cooling part exchanges heat between liquefied gas and condenser refrigerant to vaporize fuel.

A variable gain PI controller adjusts fuel gas heating parameters to maintain stable temperatures during operation.

Real-time sensor feedback dynamically modifies fuel distribution and air ratios to expand the operational envelope while reducing NOx emissions.

Direct contact heat transfer creates saturated fuel gas, increasing power output while reducing HRSG complexity and installation costs.

Electric heating elements supplement fuel combustion in gas turbine engines, reducing fossil fuel consumption while maintaining power generation efficiency.

A combined turbojet and ramjet engine uses liquid hydrogen to drive a turbopump and power supersonic turbines.

A single fuel heat exchanger uses a control valve to select steam or hot feedwater as the heating medium for gas turbine fuel.

A water feeding system injects cooling water into heated feed lines to lower fluid temperature and prevent vapor formation.

Ventilation discharge air preheats fuel via a heat exchanger, reducing steam load demand and improving combined cycle output.

A water bath heater adjusts fuel gas temperature differentially based on downstream valve characteristics to prevent hydrate formation.

A rigid electrical raft embeds conductors and heating elements to transmit signals while providing thermal energy.

Channeling heated nitrogen through fuel lines eliminates syngas venting and visible flare during startup.

Mixing high and intermediate pressure feedwater streams to heat fuel gas in a heat exchanger.

A coal drying unit utilizes exhaust heat from the steam power generation section to dry low-grade coal before gasification.

Heated fuel autoignites in the combustor to resolve high altitude flameouts.

A hybrid power generation facility uses an oxygen sensor and damper to adjust the mixing ratio of combustion gases and oxygen.

Segmenting fuel gas preheating across medium and high pressure feed water lines reduces energy loss while enabling higher operating temperatures.

An electrical heating unit converts surplus electricity into thermal energy to drive a turbine in a combined power plant.

A heat exchanger transfers residual turbine exhaust heat to combustor fuel using an integrated recirculation plenum.

A turbine fuel delivery system uses a rapid heating value meter and cold leg bypass to control fuel temperature.

Preheating inlet air via an HRSG intermediary maintains emissions compliance and turndown range at part load.

Positions the heat exchanger inside the high pressure plenum, eliminating heavy external casings and reducing overall system weight.

A gas turbine control device adjusts inlet guide vane opening to increase air intake and stabilize combustion.

A power conditioning circuit heats a fuel heat exchanger to provide anti-icing protection for aircraft gas turbine engines.

A turbine engine uses ammonia fuel to cool compressed air between compressor stages.

Saturating nitrogen process gas with water vapor and heating it using waste heat to supply stable diluent.

LNG vaporization chills seawater for turbine inlet cooling while mixing bypass streams ensures discharge temperature compliance.