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Fuel-injecting apparatus for ramjet engine cooled by transpiration

US6164061A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJul 17, 1998
Grant dateDec 26, 2000
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Expiry dateJul 17, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF23R3/20
  • WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A fuel injection strut for a ramjet adapted to operate at high Mach numbers includes a combustion chamber into which a flow of combustion-supporting gas is introduced. A first end of the strut includes a stem having a leading edge with a dihedral shaped wall for defining a chamber on a concave side for receiving the flow of combustion supporting gas. An injection member generates a plurality of jets impinging cooling fluid on the concave side of the wall to cool the strut. The leading edge provides two-way permeability so that at lower speeds, air permeates through the leading edge to facilitate pilot combustion in the combustion chamber, and a higher speeds, the cooling fluid permeates through the leading edge to cool the strut.

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