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`Application of Louis J. Spadaccini, et al.
`Attorney Docket No. 33o9P-149
`Priority claimed of Application No. 10/407,004
`Filed on April 4, 2003
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`SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TI-‘IERMAL MANAGEMENT
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`GE-1002.005
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`SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR THERMAL MANAGEMENT
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`CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
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`[0001]
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`This application is a continuation-in—part application of U.S. Patent
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`Application No. 10/407,004 entitled “Planar Membrane Deoxygenator” filed on April
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`4, 2003, the content of which is incorporated herein in its entirety.
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`TECHNICAL FIELD
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`[0002]
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`This invention relates generally to systems, methods, and devices for
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`the management of heat transfer and, more particularly, to systems, methods, and
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`devices for managing the transfer of heat between an energy conversion device and its
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`adjacent environment.
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`BACKGROUND
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`[0003]
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`Heat management systems for energy conversion devices oftentimes
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`utilize fuels as cooling mediums, particularly on aircraft and other airborne systems
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`where the use of ambient air as a heat sink results in significant performance
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`penalties. In addition, the recovery of waste heat and its re—direction to the fuel
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`stream to heat the fuel results in increased operating efficiency. One of the factors
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`negatively affecting the usable cooling capacity of a particular fuel with regard to
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`such a system is the rate of formation of undesirable oxidative reaction products and
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`their deposit onto the surfaces of fuel system devices. The rate of formation of such
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`products may be dependent at least in part on the amount of dissolved oxygen present
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`within the fuel. The amount of dissolved oxygen present may be due to a variety of
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`factors such as exposure of the fuel to air and more specifically the exposure of the
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`fuel to air during fuel pumping operations. The presence of dissolved oxygen can
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`result in the formation of free radicals that, when heated, propagate to form the
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`oxidative reaction products, which are typically insoluble in the fuel. Such products
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`may be subsequently deposited within the fuel delivery and injection systems, as well
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`as on the other surfaces, of the energy conversion device detrimentally affecting the
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`performance and operation of the energy conversion device. Because the fuels used
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`in energy conversion devices are typically hydrocarbon—based, the deposit comprises
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`carbon and is generally referred to as “coke.”
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`GE-1002.006
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`[0004]
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`Increasing the temperature of the fuel fed to the energy conversion
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`device increases the rate of the oxidative reaction that occurs. Currently available
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`fuels that have improved resistance to the formation of coke are generally more
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`expensive or require additives. Fuel additives require additional hardware, on—board
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`delivery systems, and costly supply infrastructure. Furthermore, such currently
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`available fuels having improved resistance to the formation of coke are not always
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`readily available.
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`SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
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`[0005]
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`The present invention is directed in one aspect to a system for the
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`management of thermal transfer in a gas turbine engine. Such a system includes a
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`heat generating sub-system disposed in operable communication with the engine, a
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`fuel source configured to supply a fuel, a fuel stabilization unit configured to receive
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`the fuel from the fuel source and to provide the fuel to the engine, and a heat
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`exchanger disposed in thermal communication with the fuel to effect the transfer of
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`heat from the heat generating sub-system to the fuel.
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`[0006]
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`In another aspect, a system for the management of heat transfer
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`includes an energy conversion device and a fuel system configured to supply a fuel to
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`the energy conversion device. The fuel system includes at least one heat generating
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`sub-system disposed in thermal communication with the fuel from the fuel system to
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`effect the transfer of heat from the heat generating sub-system to the fuel. The fuel is
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`substantially coke-free and is heated to a temperature of greater than about 550
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`degrees F.
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`[0007]
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`In another aspect, a method of managing thermal transfer in an aircraft
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`includes removing oxygen from a stream of a fuel fed to an engine used to drive the
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`aircraft, transferring heat from a heat generating sub-system of the aircraft to the fuel,
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`and combusting the fuel.
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`[0008]
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`In yet another aspect, a system for the thermal management of an
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`aircraft includes means for powering the aircraft, means for supplying a fuel to the
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`means for powering the aircraft, means for deoxygenating the fuel, and means for
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`effecting the transfer of heat between a heat generating sub-system of the aircraft and
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`the fuel.
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`[0009]
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`In still another aspect, a system for the management of thermal transfer
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`in an aircraft includes an aircraft engine, a heat generating sub—system disposed in
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`operable communication with the aircraft engine, a fuel source configured to supply a
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`fuel, a fuel stabilization unit configured to receive the fuel from the fuel source and to
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`provide an effluent fuel stream to the aircraft engine, and a heat exchanger disposed
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`in thermal communication with the effluent fuel stream from the fuel stabilization unit
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`_ and the heat generating sub—system to effect the transfer of heat from the heat
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`generating sub—system to the effluent fuel stream.
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`[0010]
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`One advantage of the above systems and method is an increase in the
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`exploitable cooling capacity of the fuel. By increasing the exploitable cooling
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`capacity, energy conversion devices are able to operate at increased temperatures
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`while utilizing fuels of lower grades. Operation of the devices at increased
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`temperatures provides a greater opportunity for the recovery of waste heat from heat
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`generating components of the system. The recovery of waste heat, in turn, reduces
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`fuel consumption costs associated with operation of the device because combustion of
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`pre—heated fuel requires less energy input than combustion of unheated fuel.
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`Increased cooling capacity (and thus high operating temperatures, recovery of waste
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`heat, and reduced fuel consumption) also increases the overall efficiency of operating
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`the device.
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`[0011]
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`Another advantage is a reduction in coke formation within the energy
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`conversion device. Decreasing the amount of dissolved oxygen present within the
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`fuel as the temperature is increased retards the rate of oxidative reaction, which in
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`turn reduces the formation of coke and its deposition on the surfaces of the energy
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`conversion device, thereby reducing the maintenance requirements. Complete or
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`partial deoxygenation of the fuel suppresses the coke formation across various aircraft
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`fuel grades. A reduction in the amount of oxygen dissolved within the fuel decreases
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`the rate of coke deposition and correspondingly increases the maximum allowable
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`temperature sustainable by the fuel during operation of the energy conversion device.
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`In other words, when lower amounts of dissolved oxygen are present within a fuel,
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`more thermal energy can be absorbed by the fuel, thereby resulting in operations of
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`the energy conversion device at higher fuel temperatures before coke deposition in the
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`energy conversion device becomes undesirable.
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`[0012]
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`Operational advantages to pre—heatin g the fuel to temperatures that
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`prevent, limit, or minimize coke formation prior to entry of the fuel into the FSU also
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`exist.
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`In particular, oxygen solubility in the fuel, diffusivity of oxygen in the fuel, and
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`diffusivity of oxygen through the membrane increase with increasing temperature.
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`Thus, FSU performance may be increased by pre—heating the fuel. This may result in
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`either a reduction in FSU volume (size and weight reductions) or increased FSU
`performance, which may result in further reductions in the fuel oxygen levels exiting
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`the FSU. Furthermore, the reduction in FSU volume may further allow system design
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`freedom in placement of the FSU within the fuel system (either upstream— or
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`downstream of low—grade heat loads) and in the ability to cascade the heat loads and
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`fuel system heat transfer hardware.
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`BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
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`[0013]
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`FIG. 1 is a schematic representation of a system for the management of
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`heat transfer between an energy conversion device and a fuel system.
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`[0014]
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`FIG. 2 is a schematic representation of a fuel stabilization unit showing
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`a fuel inlet.
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`[0015]
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`FIG. 3 is a schematic representation of the fuel stabilization unit
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`showing a fuel outlet and an oxygen outlet.
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`[0016]
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`FIG. 4 is a cross sectional view of an assembly of a flow plate,
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`permeable composite membranes, and porous substrates that comprise the fuel
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`stabilization unit.
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`[0017]
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`FIG. 5 is a schematic representation of a fuel passage defined by the
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`flow plate.
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`[0018]
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`FIG. 6 is an alternate embodiment of a fuel passage defined by the
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`flow plate.
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`[0019]
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`FIG. 7 is an exploded view of a flow plate/membrane/substrate
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`assembly.
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`[0020]
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`FIG. 8 is a system for the management of heat transfer in which a high
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`temperature heat source is a high temperature oil system.
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`[0021]
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`FIG. 9 is a system for the management of heat transfer in which a high
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`temperature heat source is a cooled turbine cooling air unit.
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`[0022]
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`FIG. 10 is a system for the management of heat transfer in which a
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`high temperature heat source is a turbine exhaust recuperator.
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`[0023]
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`FIG. 11 is a system for the management of heat transfer in which a
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`high temperature heat source is a fuel-cooled environmental control system precooler.
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`[0024]
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`FIG. 12 is a system for the management of heat transfer in which a
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`high temperature heat source is an integrated air cycle environmental control system.
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`[0025]
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`FIG. 13 is a system for the management of heat transfer in which a
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`high temperature heat source is a heat pump.
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`DETAILED DESCRIPTION
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`[0026]
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`Referring to FIG. 1, a system for the management of heat transfer is
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`shown generally at 10 and is hereinafter referred to as “system 10.” Asiused herein,
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`the term “management of heat transfer” is intended to indicate the control of heat
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`transfer by regulation of various chemical— and physical parameters of associated sub-
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`systems and work cycles. The sub—systems include, but are not limited to, fuel
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`systems that provide a hydrocarbon-based fuel to the work cycle. The work cycle
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`may be an energy conversion device. Although the system 10 is hereinafter described
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`as being a component of an aircraft, it should be understood that the system 10 has
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`relevance to other applications, e. g., utility power generation, land—based transport
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`systems, marine— and fresh—water based transport systems, industrial equipment
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`systems, and the like. Furthermore, it should be understood that the term “aircraft”
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`includes all types of winged aircraft, rotorcraft, winged- and rotor hybrids, spacecraft,
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`drones and other unmanned craft, weapons delivery systems, and the like.
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`[0027]
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`In one embodiment of the system 10, a fuel system 12 includes a fuel
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`stabilization unit (FSU) 16 that receives fuel from a fuel source 18 and provides the
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`fuel to the energy conversion device (hereinafter “engine 14”). Various heat
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`generating sub—systems (e.g., low temperature heat sources 24, pumps and metering
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`systems 20, high temperature heat sources 22, combinations of the foregoing sources
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`and systems, and the like), which effect the thermal communication between various
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`components of the system 10 during operation, are integrated into the fuel system 12
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`by being disposed in thermal communication with the fuel either upstream or
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`downstream from the FSU 16. A fuel pre-heater 13 may further be disposed in the
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`fuel system 12 prior to the FSU 16 to increase the temperature of the fuel received
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`into the FSU 16. Selectively-actuatable fuel line bypasses 23 having valves 25 are
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`preferably disposed in the fuel system 12 to provide for the bypass of fuel around the
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`various sub—systems and particularly the high temperature heat sources 22.
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`[0028]
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`The engine 14 is disposed in operable communication with the various
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`heat generating sub-systems and preferably comprises a gas turbine engine having a
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`compressor 30, a combustor 32, and an turbine 34. Fuel from the fuel system 12 is
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`injected into the combustor 32 through fuel injection nozzles 36 and ignited. An
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`output shaft 38 of t