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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 18, 2025
Filed:
Jun. 24, 2024
General Electric Company, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Daniel Depperschmidt, Saratoga Springs, NY (US);
Kapil Singh, Rexford, NY (US);
Arin Elspeth Lastufka Cross, Waterford, NY (US);
Hannah Erin Bower, Rexford, NY (US);
Sarah M. Monahan, Latham, NY (US);
Aaron J. Glaser, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Eric J. Ruggiero, West Chester, OH (US);
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, Evendale, OH (US);
Abstract
A method of operating a rotating detonation combustor includes providing a flow of air through an air inlet to flow into a detonation chamber, providing a flow of fuel from at least one fuel injector into the detonation chamber, mixing the flow of the fuel and the flow of the air in the detonation chamber to generate a fuel-air mixture, detonating the fuel-air mixture in the detonation chamber to generate rotating detonation waves within the detonation chamber, and controlling, during operation of the rotating detonation combustor from a first power operating state to a second power operating state, different from the first power operating state, the air inlet wall to control the flow of the air through the air inlet into the detonation chamber to control a discharge coefficient and an operating mode within the detonation chamber.