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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 31, 2011
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2006
Venkat Eswarlu Tangirala, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Adam Rasheed, Glenville, NY (US);
Anthony John Dean, Scotia, NY (US);
Venkat Eswarlu Tangirala, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Adam Rasheed, Glenville, NY (US);
Anthony John Dean, Scotia, NY (US);
General Electric Company, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Abstract
A dual mode combustor of a gas turbine engine contains at least one dual mode combustor device having a combustion chamber, a fuel air mixing element, a high frequency solenoid valve and a fuel injector. During a first mode of operation the dual mode combustor device operates in a steady, constant pressure deflagration mode, receiving its fuel from the fuel injector. In a second mode of operation the dual mode combustor device operates in a pulse detonation mode, receiving its fuel from the high frequency solenoid valve.