Patent ID: 7640751

Claim:
A fuel heating system for a turbine engine, comprising: at least one fuel heating chamber in communication with an exhaust stack of a turbine engine and configured to allow exhaust gases to flow through the at least one fuel heating chamber; and at least one conduit positioned in the at least one fuel heating chamber and configured to receive fuel from at least one fuel source at a first temperature, allow the fuel to flow through the at least one conduit, and exhaust the fuel at a second temperature that is higher than the first temperature, wherein the at least one fuel heating chamber is positioned in a corner of the exhaust stack of the turbine engine; and wherein the at least one fuel heating chamber is formed from at least one plate attached to a first wall of the exhaust stack and attached to a second wall of the exhaust stack that is positioned nonparallel to the first wall and wherein the heating chamber is defined by the plate, the first wall, and the second wall.