Simmonds Precision Engine Systems, Inc.

Timothy W Darling

Albert Migliori

Dennis M DeFreitas

Daniel E Rees

An ignition apparatus for a combustor includes a microwave energy source that emits microwave energy into the combustor at a frequency within a resonant response of the combustor, the combustor functioning as a resonant cavity for the microwave energy so that a plasma is produced that ignites a combustible mixture therein. The plasma preferably is a non-contact plasma produced in free space within the resonant cavity spaced away from with the cavity wall structure and spaced from the microwave emitter.

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Los Alamos, NM, United States of America

Timothy W Darling