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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 26, 2018
Filed:
May. 02, 2016
Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp., Longueuil, CA;
PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA CORP., Longueuil, Quebec, unknown;
Abstract
A rotary engine including an insert in one of the walls of the outer body. The insert has a pilot subchamber defined therein communicating with the internal cavity and includes a subchamber wall surrounding the pilot subchamber. A main fuel injector is in communication with the internal cavity at a location spaced apart from the insert. A pilot fuel injector is in communication with the pilot subchamber. A heating element extends within the subchamber wall completely outside of the pilot subchamber, in heat transfer communication with the subchamber wall. An outer body for a rotary engine and a method of combusting fuel in a rotary engine are also provided.