Pulse Detonation Combustor Heat Exchanger
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsTian Xuan Zhang, David Michael Chapin, Robert Warren Taylor
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Abstract
The present application provides a pulse detonation combustor heat exchanger. The pulse detonation combustor heat exchanger may include one or more pulse detonation combustors creating combustion gases therein, one or more inner pathways positioned about the pulse detonation combustors, and a working medium flowing in the inner pathways so as to exchange heat with the combustion gases in the pulse detonation combustors.
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A pulse detonation combustor heat exchanger, comprising:
- one or more pulse detonation combustors;
- the one or more pulse detonation combustors creating combustion gases therein;
- one or more inner pathways positioned about the one or more pulse detonation combustors;
- and
- a working medium flowing in the one or more inner pathways so as to exchange heat with the combustion gases in the one or more pulse detonation combustors.
The pulse detonation combustor heat exchanger of claim I, further comprising an outer chamber surrounding the one or more pulse detonation combustors and the one or more inner pathways.
The pulse detonation combustor heat exchanger of aim 1, wherein the one or more inner pathways comprise a plurality of headers.
A pulse detonation combustor boiler, comprising:
- one or more pulse detonation combustors;
- the one or more pulse detonation combustors creating combustion gases therein;
- a plurality of boiler tubes positioned. about the one or more pulse detonation combustors;
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- a working medium flowing in the plurality of boiler tubes so as to exchange heat with the combustion gases in the one or more pulse detonation combustors.
A pulse detonation combustor heat exchanger, comprising:
- an outer chamber;
- one or more pulse detonation combustors positioned within the outer chamber;
- the one or more pulse detonation combustors creating combustion gases therein;
- one or more inner chambers positioned within the outer chamber;
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- a working medium flowing in the one or more inner chambers so as to exchange heat with the combustion gases in the one or more pulse detonation combustors.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.