Supersonic combustion engine and method of combustion initiation and distribution
US5223651A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 8, 1990 |
| Grant date | Jun 29, 1993 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 8, 2010 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
- CPC primaryF02K7/10
- WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A supersonic combustion air breathing jet engine and method of igniting fuel. The engine has means for providing a spatially controlled combustion distribution of fuel with an ignitor that provides a volumetrically diffuse discharge of energy to initiate a controlled relatively rapid combustion of fuel in a combustion zone such that combustion distribution in relatively high speed gas flows through the combustion zone can be initiated and controlled without dependence upon a flame holder or relatively high local static gas temperature in the combustion zone.
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