Constant volume combustor having a rotating wave rotor
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1. A method, comprising:
- (a) rotating a wave rotor having a passageway with a first end and a second end;
(b) introducing a quantity of working fluid into a passageway through the first end of the passageway;
(c) delivering a quantity of fuel into the passageway through the first end of the passageway;
(d) burning the fuel within the passageway and creating a combusted gas;
(e) compressing a portion of the working fluid within the passageway to define a buffer gas;
(f) discharging a first portion of the buffer gas from the passageway through the first end of the passageway;
(g) discharging a portion of the combusted gas from the passageway through the second end of the passageway;
(h) retaining a second portion of the buffer gas within the passageway at the first end; and
(i) routing the first portion of the buffer gas from said discharging back into the passageway through the first end of the passageway.
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Abstract
A constant volume combustor device includes, in one form, a detonative combustion. In one form the wave rotor of the constant volume combustor is supported by magnetic bearings. The constant volume combustor device includes a rotor having a number of fluid passageways that rotate about an axis. End plates having at least one inlet port and at least one outlet port are located on either end of the rotor. Relatively compressed air enters the rotor through the at least one inlet port, is burned with fuel in a pulsed combustion process, and exits at least one exit port. The pulsed combustion process can be a pulsed detonation combustion process or a pulsed deflagration combustion process.
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1. A method, comprising:
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(a) rotating a wave rotor having a passageway with a first end and a second end; (b) introducing a quantity of working fluid into a passageway through the first end of the passageway; (c) delivering a quantity of fuel into the passageway through the first end of the passageway; (d) burning the fuel within the passageway and creating a combusted gas; (e) compressing a portion of the working fluid within the passageway to define a buffer gas; (f) discharging a first portion of the buffer gas from the passageway through the first end of the passageway; (g) discharging a portion of the combusted gas from the passageway through the second end of the passageway; (h) retaining a second portion of the buffer gas within the passageway at the first end; and (i) routing the first portion of the buffer gas from said discharging back into the passageway through the first end of the passageway. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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