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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 02, 2012
Filed:
Jan. 22, 2010
Mark E. Elkanick, Tucson, AZ (US);
Delmar L. Barker, Tucson, AZ (US);
Mark E. Elkanick, Tucson, AZ (US);
Delmar L. Barker, Tucson, AZ (US);
Raytheon Company, Waltham, MA (US);
Abstract
A system and method to inject nanostructures into the fuel/oxidizer mixture, typically lean mixtures, to increase efficiency of internal combustion and/or decrease pollution. An electromagnetic pulse (suitably 1 to 100 GHz) couples energy to the nanostructures to produce a volumetric combustion of the fuel oxidizer mixture. The fuel/oxidizer mixture is substantially transparent to the band of the electromagnetic pulse. The nanostructures couple to the electromagnetic radiation, absorb the energy and heat rapidly producing many local ignitions that in turn produce volume combustion. The nanostructures may be filled or partially filled with energetic material.