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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 29, 1993
Filed:
Mar. 08, 1990
Applicant:
Inventors:
David B Stickler, Carlisle, MA (US);
Alexander Ballantyne, Winchester, MA (US);
Kyu-Man Jeong, Bedford, MA (US);
Assignee:
Avco Corporation, Providence, RI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
60218 ; 602701 ; 60204 ; 602031 ;
Abstract
A supersonic combustion air breathing jet engine and method of igniting fuel. The engine has means for providing a spatially controlled combustion distribution of fuel with an ignitor that provides a volumetrically diffuse discharge of energy to initiate a controlled relatively rapid combustion of fuel in a combustion zone such that combustion distribution in relatively high speed gas flows through the combustion zone can be initiated and controlled without dependence upon a flame holder or relatively high local static gas temperature in the combustion zone.