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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 25, 2025
Filed:
Jan. 16, 2024
Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp., Longueuil, CA;
Etienne Plamondon, Candiac, CA;
Jonathan Brulatout, Saint-Hubert, CA;
PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA CORP., Longueuil, CA;
Abstract
A rotary engine, has: an outer body defining a rotor cavity; a rotor within the rotor cavity, the outer body and the rotor defining a combustion chamber; a pilot subchamber defined by the outer body and having an outlet communicating with the rotor cavity; a pilot injector having a pilot tip in communication with the pilot subchamber; a main injector having a tip in communication with the rotor cavity, the main injector having a fuel inlet fluidly connected to a fuel source, a fluid inlet fluidly connected to a fluid source, and an injector outlet in fluid communication with the rotor cavity independently of the pilot subchamber, the main injector having: a fuel-injection configuration in which the main injector connects the fuel source to the combustion chamber vi; and a fluid-injection configuration in which the main injector connects the fluid source to the combustion chamber.