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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 07, 2009
Filed:
Nov. 11, 2005
Norbert Müller, Haslett, MI (US);
Pezhman Akbari, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Janusz Piechna, Warsaw, PL;
Florin Iancu, York, PA (US);
Norbert Müller, Haslett, MI (US);
Pezhman Akbari, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Janusz Piechna, Warsaw, PL;
Florin Iancu, York, PA (US);
Board of Trustees of Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI (US);
Abstract
A wave rotor apparatus is provided. In another aspect of the present invention, a radial wave rotor includes fluid passageways oriented in a direction offset from its rotational axis. A further aspect of the present invention employs stacked layers of generally radial channels in a wave rotor. Moreover, turbomachinery is located internal to a wave rotor in yet another aspect of the present invention. In yet another aspect of the present invention, a radial wave rotor has an igniter and fuel injector. Correctional passages are employed in still another aspect of the present invention wave rotor.