Multi-fuel isolated impulse initiator
AssigneeBright Sand, Inc.
InventorsEarl R. Decker, Gregory F. Decker
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Abstract
A multi-fueled impulse initiator that includes a fuel source equipped with a control valve, an air source equipped with a control valve, a removable air flow insert having opposing inlet and outlet faces, an air expansion chamber fluidly connected to both the air source and the inlet face of the removable air flow insert, and an igniter assembly having a sparking tip. The removable air flow insert includes channels traversing from the inlet face to the outlet face of the air flow insert.
Claims16
A multi-fuel isolated impulse initiator comprising
- a fuel source equipped with a control valve;
- an air source equipped with a control valve;
- a removable air flow insert through which all air flows, and having opposing inlet and outlet faces;
- an air expansion chamber fluidly connected to both the air source and the inlet face of the removable air flow insert;
- a conversion chamber fluidly connected to the outlet face of the air flow insert, and
- an igniter assembly having a sparking tip;
- wherein the removable air flow insert further comprises air direction components on its outlet face, and channels traversing from the inlet face to the outlet face of the air flow insert, and
- both the fuel source and the air source are isolated from the conversion chamber.
A multi-fuel isolated impulse initiator comprising
- a fuel source equipped with a control valve;
- an air source equipped with a control valve;
- a removable air flow insert through which all air flows having opposing inlet and outlet faces;
- the air source fluidly connected to the inlet face of the removable air flow insert;
- a conversion chamber fluidly connected to the outlet face of the air flow insert, and
- an igniter assembly;
- wherein the removable air flow insert further comprises air direction components on its outlet face, and channels traversing from the inlet face to the outlet face of the air flow insert, and
- both the fuel source and the air source are isolated from the conversion chamber.
A multi-fuel isolated impulse initiator comprising
- a fuel source equipped with a control valve;
- an air source equipped with a control valve;
- a removable air flow insert through which all air flows, and having opposing inlet and outlet faces;
- an air only expansion chamber fluidly connected to both the air source and the inlet face of the removable air flow insert;
- a conversion chamber fluidly connected to the outlet face of the air flow insert, and
- an igniter assembly having a sparking tip;
- wherein the removable air flow insert further comprises channels traversing from the inlet face to the outlet face of the air flow insert, and
- both the fuel source and the air source are isolated from the conversion chamber.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.