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TWR Development History

The transpiring wall SCWO reactor ("TWR") was invented and first patented by Tom McGuinness, PE of Turbosystems Engineering Inc. Tom is a mechanical engineer with 30 years experience in the design, operation and troubleshooting of high performance machinery, including gas turbines, compressors, pumps and high-pressure process systems. Though SCWO reaction conditions are considerably different from those found in a gas turbine combustion chamber, it was evident to Tom that certain key principles might be usefully employed in SCWO reactor design. In 1993, Tom first modelled by CFD a fully-reacting SCWO TWR reactor operating at 250 bar. This work confirmed the existence of a turbulent diffusion flame reaction mechanism within the TWR.

Patent Chronology

Patent Number	Inventor	Filing Date	Issue Date
5384051	McGuinness (Turbosystems)	5 February 1993	25 January 1995
5387398	Mueggenburg, et al (Aerojet)	3 December 1993	7 February 1995
5558783	McGuinness (Turbosystems)	24 January 1995	24 September 1996

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