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US 2007/0180814 A1Published application
Direct liquid fuel injection and ignition for a pulse detonation combustor
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsVenkat Tangirala, Kevin Hinckley, David Chapin, Anthony Dean
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Abstract
A system for generating thrust is provided. The system includes a first injector, an inner tube configured to receive fuel from the first injector via a first port of the inner tube, where at least a portion of fuel in liquid phase received by the inner tube is configured to flash vaporize upon entering the inner tube via the first port.
Claims20
A system for generating thrust, said system comprising:
- a first injector;
- an inner tube configured to receive fuel from said first injector via a first port of said inner tube, wherein at least a portion of fuel in liquid phase received by said inner tube is configured to flash vaporize upon entering said inner tube via the first port.
A system for generating energy, said system comprising:
- a compressor configured to compressed oxidizer;
- a first injector;
- and
- an inner tube configured to receive fuel from said first injector via a first port of said inner tube, wherein at least a portion of fuel received by said inner tube configured to flash vaporize upon entering said inner tube via the first port.
1 more element
A method for generating thrust, said method comprising:
- receiving fuel from a first injector via a first port of an inner tube;
- and
- flash vaporizing at least a portion of the fuel received via the first port upon entering the inner tube.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.