Patent · US Expired

Method for operating an air-breathing engine

US7340902B2 · kind B2 · utility

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8References

19Claims

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Assignee

ALSTOM Technology Ltd · CH

Inventors

Carlos Jimenez Haertel · Munich, DE
Sasha Savic · Wettingen, CH

Key dates

Filing date	Jan 20, 2006
Grant date	Mar 11, 2008
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 20, 2026

Classification

Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
CPC primaryF02C7/1435
WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

When operating an air-breathing engine, a liquid is injected in atomized form into an air intake duct of the engine. A measurement apparatus for determining the injected drop size or the drop concentration is arranged in or on the intake duct downstream of the location of the injection. These measured values are input into a control system, which controls suitable parameters of the injection apparatus in such a manner that the determined variables are controlled to desired values or into desired value ranges.

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