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AssigneeTechland Research, Inc.
InventorsBobby W. Sanders, Lois J. Weir
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A rotary inlet flow controller, with one or more open ducts extending therethrough, aerodynamically controls the amount and velocity of the flow of air to combustion chambers of pulse detonation engines, or other engines, without imposing large cyclic airflow transients in the diffuser of the air intake. The ducted rotary inlet flow controller supplies airflow and sealing in synchronization with the cycles of the engine: airflow and fueling supply, sealing, combustion, and re-opening for additional airflow. This controller will supply near-uniform, continuous airflow to the engine. The preferred controller has one or more propeller-like blades that are designed to cyclically and sequentially duct incoming flow to the inlet ports of the combustion chambers, while also providing the capability of sealing the ports during combustion. The blades are aerodynamically designed to provide the desired converging airflow ducting area between the blades from the entrance to the exit to effect proper matching of the airflow from any air intake to a pulse detonation engine.
A rotary inlet flow controller having one or more blades that define open ducts extending through said controller from an inlet side of said controller to an exit side of said controller, said blade or blades defining aerodynamically designed surfaces for said duct or ducts to provide a desired entrance to exit area and velocity ratios and to aerodynamically control the amount and velocity of the flow of airto combustion chambers of a pulse detonation engine without imposing large cyclic airflow transients in the inlet side of said controller.
An engine comprising:
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