Patent ID: 8590309

Claim:
An ice separating apparatus for a gas turbine engine, the apparatus comprising: a can having a first end; a tangential inlet proximate the first end of the can to receive a fluid flow within the can, wherein the fluid flow comprises fuel and ice; a first conduit within the can to receive a separated fuel flow proximate a second end of the can, wherein the fluid flow separates ice from fuel to form the separated fuel flow, wherein the fluid flows in a helical pattern as it flows from the first end to the second end of the can and wherein ice is separated from fuel by flowing in the helical pattern; and a second conduit that enables flow of water from the second end of the can to a first conduit outlet to direct the flow of water into the separated fuel flow, wherein the second conduit is proximate the second end of the can, the first conduit outlet directs the flow of water into the first conduit and the flow of water comprises the ice after it is melted.