Multi-injection port rotary engine apparatus and method of use thereof
OwnerMerton W. Pekrulinventor
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Abstract
The invention comprises a rotary engine apparatus and method of use thereof, where the rotary engine comprises multiple injection ports. Optional injection ports include a first port in an expansion chamber, a second port in the expansion chamber after a first rotation of the rotor, a third port into the expansion chamber after a second rotation of the rotor, a fourth port from a fuel path through a shaft of the rotary engine, and/or a fifth port into a rotor-vane chamber between the rotor and a vane. Optionally, one or more of the injection ports are controlled through mechanical valving and/or through electronic and/or computer control.
Claims4
An apparatus, comprising:
- a rotary engine, said rotary engine comprising:
- a rotor;
- a housing;
- a first endplate;
- a second endplate;
- a set of vanes,
- wherein a member of said set of vanes spans a distance radially outward from said rotor, at least partially within a corresponding rotor-vane slot of said rotor, to said housing, and
- wherein said rotor, said housing, said first endplate, said second endplate, and said set of vanes form a set of expansion chambers;
- and
- at least two injection ports into said rotary engine, said at least two injection ports comprising:
- at a first point in time, a first inlet port through said first endplate into a first expansion chamber of said set of expansion chambers;
- and
- at the first point in time, a second inlet port through at least one of said first endplate and said second endplate into a second expansion chamber of said set of expansion chambers;
- a rotor vane chamber between said rotor and a first vane of said set of vanes;
- and
- an outlet port in said rotor vane chamber.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.