Multiple tube pulse detonation engine turbine apparatus and system
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsAdam Rasheed, Anthony Dean
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Abstract
A pulse detonation combustor (PDC) assembly includes an upstream chamber forming an inlet plenum, a downstream chamber including a downstream portion of at least one PDC tube, and an integrated PDC head coupled to the upstream chamber and the downstream chamber. The integrated PDC head is configured to facilitate fuel injection and ignition within the PDC tube. The PDC tube includes an inner seal surface and an outer seal surface configured to mate with the inner seal surface, wherein the inner seal surface includes an elevated section thereon that engages with the outer seal surface such that the PDC tube is free to partially pivot about a longitudinal axis thereof.
Claims20
A pulse detonation combustor (PDC) assembly, comprising:
- an upstream chamber forming an inlet plenum;
- a downstream chamber including a downstream portion of at least one PDC tube;
- and
- an integrated PDC head coupled to said upstream chamber and said downstream chamber, said integrated PDC head configured to facilitate fuel injection and ignition within said at least one PDC tube.
A pulse detonation chamber (PDC) tube, comprising:
- an inner seal surface;
- and
- an outer seal surface configured to mate with said inner seal surface;
- wherein said inner seal surface includes an elevated section thereon that engages with said outer seal surface such that the PDC tube is free to partially pivot about a longitudinal axis thereof.
A pulse detonation engine (PDE), comprising:
- a pulse detonation combustor (PDC) assembly in communication with an axial flow turbine assembly, said PDC assembly further comprising:
- an upstream chamber forming an inlet plenum;
- a downstream chamber including a downstream portion of at least one PDC tube;
- and
- an integrated PDC head coupled to said upstream chamber and said downstream chamber, said integrated PDC head configured to facilitate fuel injection and ignition within said at least one PDC tube.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.