Systems, methods, and apparatus for fuel supply and injection
AssigneeNorth American Wave Engine Corporation
InventorDaanish MAQBOOL
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Abstract
A system and method are disclosed for improving fuel-air mixing in the combustion chamber of pulse combustors by deflecting the pressurized fuel injected from the one or more fuel injectors at a predetermined angle towards the centerline longitudinal axis of the combustion chamber.
Claims15
A system for supplying fuel to a pulse combustor having at least a combustion chamber, an inlet pipe connected to a first end of the combustion chamber, an exhaust pipe with a length longer than the inlet pipe connected to a second end of the combustion chamber, an ignition means for igniting combustible mixtures within the combustion chamber, comprising:
- a fuel supply receiver disposed around the inlet pipe and fixed to the first end of the combustion chamber with the fuel supply receiver not extending perpendicularly outward beyond a diameter of the first end of the combustion chamber, and with one or more fixtures having openings therethrough in fluid communication with an interior of the combustion chamber through the first end of the combustion chamber;
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- a fuel rail assembly disposed around the inlet pipe and in spaced connection to the fuel supply receiver with the fuel rail assembly not extending perpendicularly outward beyond a diameter of the first end of the combustion chamber including
- an interior fuel passage through at least a portion of the fuel rail assembly,
- two or more hollow fuel injector receivers spaced along, and disposed perpendicular to, the fuel rail assembly, with each hollow fuel injector receiver having a first open end toward, and a second end away from, the fuel supply receiver, and with each hollow fuel injector receiver being in fluid communication with the interior fuel passage,
- a fuel injector connected to, and in fluid communication with, the open end of each of the two or more hollow fuel injector receivers,
- a fuel deflector means associated with each fuel injector for deflecting fuel from the associated fuel injector in the combustion chamber when the fuel deflector means is disposed into the interior of the combustion chamber,
- at least one ingress fuel port connected to the second end of a hollow fuel injection receiver for supplying fuel to the interior fuel passage, and
- at least one egress fuel port connected to the second end of a hollow fuel injection receiver for removing fuel from the interior fuel passage.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.