Partitioned multi-channel combustor
First Claim
1. A combustion wave rotor comprising:
- a housing having at least one inlet port;
a rotor mounted within the housing, the rotor comprising a plurality of combustion chambers disposed in the rotor, the chambers each having an inlet end for gaseous communication with the inlet port, the inlet end having a fuel partition injection region;
at least one inlet zone disposed within the inlet port, the inlet zone sized for introducing fuel into only the fuel partition injection region.
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Abstract
A multi-channel combustion device is provided. The device includes an inlet port, at least one radially partitioned inlet zone within the inlet port, and a plurality of circumferentially spaced combustion chambers in which deflagrative or detonative combustion occurs. The inlet port may have a plurality of separate, circumferentially partitioned inlet zones for supplying fuel and air mixtures to the inlet end of the combustion chambers. Each inlet zone is capable of introducing a different combustible mixture sequentially to a given combustion chamber as the chamber communicates with the inlet zones. The inlet of at least one combustion chamber is radially partitioned. At least one inlet zone is radially partitioned to permit radial stratification within the combustion chambers. The multi-channel combustion device may be a combustion wave rotor or a valved combustor.
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1. A combustion wave rotor comprising:
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a housing having at least one inlet port;
a rotor mounted within the housing, the rotor comprising a plurality of combustion chambers disposed in the rotor, the chambers each having an inlet end for gaseous communication with the inlet port, the inlet end having a fuel partition injection region;
at least one inlet zone disposed within the inlet port, the inlet zone sized for introducing fuel into only the fuel partition injection region. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A rotary valved combustor comprising:
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a housing comprising a rotor mounted within the housing;
at least one inlet valve mounted on the rotor;
a plurality of combustion chambers mounted within the housing, the chambers having an inlet end for gaseous communication with the inlet valve, the inlet end having a fuel partition injection region;
at least one inlet zone disposed within the inlet valve, the inlet zone sized for introducing fuel into only the fuel partition injection region. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A combustion device comprising:
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a housing having at least one inlet port;
a plurality of combustion chambers mounted within the housing, the chambers each having an inlet end for gaseous communication with the inlet port, the inlet end having a fuel partition injection region;
at least one inlet zone disposed within the inlet port, the inlet zone comprising partitions to partition the inlet zone into separate channels, wherein at least one channel is adapted to register with the fuel partition injection region of the combustion chamber. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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30. A combustion device comprising:
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a housing having at least one inlet port;
a plurality of combustion chambers mounted within the housing, the chambers each having an inlet end for gaseous communication with the inlet port, the inlet end having a fuel partition injection region;
at least one inlet zone disposed within the inlet port, the inlet zone sized for introducing fuel into only the fuel partition injection region. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41)
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