Inventors:
Nalim Razi - Indianapolis IN, US
Akbari Pezhman - Indianpolis IN, US
International Classification:
F02C 9/00, F23C 5/00
Abstract:
Apparatus and methods for combustion of fuel. Some embodiments of the inventions include 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.