Patent ID: 11959036
Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
Field: Engines, pumps, turbines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC C  F | IPC C  F

Claim 16:
17. A system for mitigating coke formation, the system comprising:
a tank having a first predetermined zeta potential;
a fuel delivery assembly fluidly connected downstream relative to the tank; and
a nozzle assembly fluidly connected downstream relative to the fuel delivery assembly,
wherein the component of claim 1 is one or more of the fuel delivery assembly and the nozzle assembly, and the contact surface is an interior surface of the one or more of the fuel delivery assembly and the nozzle assembly, having a second predetermined zeta potential different than the first predetermined zeta potential such that the contact surface selectively repels or attracts at least one of coke-catalyzing materials, metal ions, heteroatomic hydrocarbons, or coke precursors.