General Electric Company
FUEL OXYGEN REDUCTION UNIT

Abstract:

An engine system is provided for an aircraft having an engine and an engine controller. The engine system includes: an electric machine configured to be in electrical communication with the engine controller for powering the engine controller; and a fuel oxygen reduction unit defining a liquid fuel flowpath and a stripping gas flowpath and configured to transfer an oxygen content of a fuel flow through the liquid fuel flowpath to a stripping gas flow through the stripping gas flowpath, the fuel oxygen reduction unit also in electrical communication with the electric machine such that the electric machine powers at least in part the fuel oxygen reduction unit.