Power plants – Combustion products used as motive fluid – Plural combustion products generators in ring coaxial with...
Patent
1996-03-18
1999-05-11
Thorpe, Timothy S.
Power plants
Combustion products used as motive fluid
Plural combustion products generators in ring coaxial with...
60 3939, 60 3976, 60 3978, F02C5/02
Patent
active
059015500
ABSTRACT:
The invention provides a liquid fueled pulsed detonation air breathing engine. The engine has at least one, and preferably a multiplicity of, detonation chambers, each of which has an inlet end for opening and receiving a charge of fuel and air, and an outlet end for discharging combustion product gases. A fast-acting valve is located above the inlet ends of the detonation chambers and cyclically opens the fuel and air receiving openings in the inlet ends of the detonation chambers to allow a fuel/air charge to enter the chambers. In a preferred embodiment, the valve is of a rotary type with a body that has at least one opening through which fuel and air can flow into the inlet end of the detonation chamber. Once the valve has closed, detonation is initiated by an ignitor and impulse force is provided by the resultant shock wave. Thereafter, the valve opens again so that the detonation chamber can be charged with fuel and air to recommence the cycle. The invention also provides an embodiment of an engine that has both inlet and outlet valves. These valves operate out of phase so that when the inlet valve is open to receive fuel and air into the detonation chamber, the outlet valve is closed. When detonation commences, the outlet valve is open and the inlet valve is closed. Optionally, a source of oxygen allows a stratified charge in the engine to enhance detonation. Also provided is a control system (48) for sensing the position of the valves, (58, 80) and using this sensed position to inject fuel, inject oxygen and ignite the fuel and air mixture.
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Bratkovich Thomas E.
Bussing Thomas R. A.
Adroit Systems, Inc.
Kim Ted
Thorpe Timothy S.
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