Patent ID: 11906163
Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
Field: Chemical engineering (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC F  B  Y | IPC B  F

Claim 20:
21. A method for operating a fuel delivery system for a gas turbine engine comprising:
receiving an inlet fuel flow in an oxygen transfer assembly of a fuel oxygen reduction unit for reducing an amount of oxygen in the inlet fuel flow using a stripping gas flow through a stripping gas flowpath;
separating, by a separator, a fuel/gas mixture into an outlet stripping gas flow and an outlet fuel flow;
receiving the outlet stripping gas flow in a catalyst at a location downstream of the oxygen transfer assembly, receiving the outlet stripping gas flow in a boost pump downstream of the oxygen transfer assembly, wherein the separator and the boost pump are both coupled to, and driven by, an accessory gearbox of the gas turbine engine, the catalyst receiving and treating the outlet stripping gas flow from the oxygen transfer assembly, wherein a stripping gas stream flows out the catalyst; and
removing water from the stripping gas stream downstream of the catalyst.