SUPERHEATED STEAM INJECTION TURBINE ENGINE
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August 27, 2025
A turbine engine assembly includes a core engine (20) generating a high energy gas flow (55) that is expanded through a turbine section (32), a hydrogen fuel system (52) supplying hydrogen fuel to a combustor (30) through a fuel flow path (45), a condenser (80) extracting water from the high energy gas flow (55), an evaporator (72) inputting thermal energy into the water extracted by the condenser (80) to generate a steam flow (114), and at least one superheater (104) receiving the steam flow (114) from the evaporator (72) and input thermal energy for heating the steam flow (114). The steam flow (114) from the at least one superheater (104) is injected into the core flow path (25) upstream of the turbine section (32).
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