TURBOEXPANDER INTER-STAGE HEATING AND NH3 CRACKING

A turbo-expanding cracking assembly (40) includes a plurality of stages (52A-F) each including a rotating blade (54A-F) coupled to an output shaft (42) and a fixed stator (56A-F), at least one heat exchanger (58A-F) configured to transfer heat (76) to an ammonia containing fuel flow (48), and a catalyst (60) that is configured to decompose an ammonia containing fuel flow (48) into a flow containing hydrogen, H, (50).