Rotary turbine combustion engine
OwnerAmjad Farohainventor
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Abstract
A rotary engine includes a shroud surrounding a rotor. The rotor carries a combustion chamber spaced from an axis of rotation of the rotor. A pressure activated valve is located between the combustion chamber and obliquely arranged exhaust nozzles. An ECU controls the combustion cycle of the engine based on a signal from a pressure sensor in the combustion chamber. The electronic control responds to the pressure signal from the pressure sensor to open a fuel control valve, to fire a spark plug and cause combustion of the fuel within the combustion chamber, and to thereafter open an air control valve to purge the combustion chamber of exhaust gasses.
Claims7
A rotary engine, comprising:
- a first shroud surrounding a first rotor;
- the first rotor having a first axis of rotation and carrying a first combustion chamber spaced from the first axis of rotation of the first rotor, the first combustion chamber moving along a first circular path as the first rotor rotates about the first axis of rotation;
- a drive shaft engaged to the first rotor for mutual rotation;
- an electronic control;
- a first conduit for delivering fuel into the first combustion chamber, the first conduit including a first fuel control valve in signal-communication with the electronic control;
- a first pressure sensor arranged in the first combustion chamber and configured to monitor pressure in the first combustion chamber and configured to send a corresponding pressure signal to the electronic control;
- a first electric ignition system providing a first igniter in the first combustion chamber, and in signal-communication with the electronic control;
- a first exhaust outlet directed from the first combustion chamber in a direction having a tangential direction component that is tangential to the circular path that is greater than zero;
- the electronic control configured to respond to the pressure signal from the first pressure sensor to cause the first fuel control valve to open and thereafter the first ignition system to fire the first igniter and cause combustion of the fuel within the first combustion chamber.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.