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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 25, 2014
Filed:
Apr. 23, 2013
Applicant:
Indiana University Research and Technology Corporation, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Inventors:
Razi Nalim, Carmel, IN (US);
Pejman Akbari, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Assignee:
Indiana University Research and Technology Corp., Indianapolis, IN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02C 3/14 (2006.01); F02C 5/02 (2006.01); F02C 7/22 (2006.01); F23R 7/00 (2006.01); F23N 1/02 (2006.01); F02C 5/04 (2006.01); F02C 7/266 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F23N 1/02 (2013.01); F02C 7/222 (2013.01); F23R 7/00 (2013.01); F02C 5/04 (2013.01); F02C 7/266 (2013.01);
Abstract
Apparatus and methods for combustion of fuel includes, in some embodiments, a fuel nozzle which injects fuel into a combustion channel of a wave rotor combustor or a pulse detonation combustor. In some embodiments the combustion process includes a backward-propagating detonation wave within a substantially closed channel which compresses discrete quantities of combustible and noncombustible mixture. Yet other embodiments include a precombustion chamber integrated into the wave rotor, the outlet stator or both.