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US 2015/0308348 A1Published application
Continuous detonation wave turbine engine
AssigneeUnited Technologies Corporation
InventorAlan B. Minick
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Abstract
A gas turbine engine includes a transient plasma igniter in communication with a continuous detonation wave combustor. A method of operating a gas turbine engine includes maintaining ignition of a continuous detonation wave combustor with a transient plasma igniter.
Claims16
A gas turbine engine, comprising:
- a tip turbine engine compressor;
- a continuous detonation wave combustor in fluid communication with and downstream of said compressor;
- a turbine in fluid communication with and downstream of said continuous detonation wave combustor;
- and
- a transient plasma ignitor in communication with said continuous detonation wave combustor.
2 more elements
A gas turbine engine, comprising:
- a continuous detonation wave combustor;
- and
- a transient plasma ignitor in communication with said continuous detonation wave combustor.
A method of operating a gas turbine engine, the method comprising:
- maintaining ignition of a continuous detonation wave combustor with a transient plasma igniter.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.