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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2009
Filed:
Jul. 09, 2004
Behrouz Chehroudi, Laguna Niguel, CA (US);
Ghanshyam L. Vaghjiani, Palmdale, CA (US);
Andrew David Ketsdever, Alta Loma, CA (US);
Behrouz Chehroudi, Laguna Niguel, CA (US);
Ghanshyam L. Vaghjiani, Palmdale, CA (US);
Andrew David Ketsdever, Alta Loma, CA (US);
ERC Incorporated, Huntsville, AL (US);
Abstract
A method for distributed ignition is disclosed wherein a combustion fuel and an ignition mixture are combined where the ignition mixture comprises ignition agents and fuel and where ignition agents can be nano-metallic particles in combination with single-walled carbon nano-tubes (SWCNTs). The combination of ignition mixture and combustion fuel in the presence of oxygen are exposed to light causing heating of the ignition agents and combustion of the fuel within which the ignition agents are interspersed. A system for igniting fuels using the method is also disclosed.