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US 7,007,455 B2Granted
Methods and apparatus for operating gas turbine engines
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorRobert Eugene Kraft
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Abstract
A method for operating a pulse detonation system. The method includes providing a pulse detonation chamber including a plurality of detonation tubes extending therein, and detonating a mixture of fuel and air within each detonation tube such that at least a first tube is detonated at a different time than at least a second detonation tube.
Claims5
A pulse detonation chamber for a pulse detonation system, said chamber comprising:
- an inner casing;
- an outer casing substantially coaxial with said inner casing and spaced radially outwardly from said inner casing, said inner and outer casings defining said detonation chamber therebetween;
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- a plurality of detonation tubes extending at least partially within said detonation chamber, at least a portion of at least a first detonation tube stacked radially outwardly from at least a portion of at least an adjacent second detonation tube such that a first central axis of said first detonation tube is spaced radially outwardly from a second central axis of said adjacent second detonation tube.
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