Air/fuel injection system having cold plasma generating means
AssigneeSnecma Moteurs
InventorsMichel Cazalens, Frederic Beule
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Abstract
A system for injecting an air/fuel mixture into a turbomachine combustion chamber, including a hollow tubular structure for the flow of the air/fuel mixture into the combustion chamber; a fuel injection device placed at an upstream end of the hollow tubular structure, and an air injection device placed downstream of the fuel injection device. The system also includes a cold plasma generator placed downstream of the air injection device so as to generate active species in the flow of the air/fuel mixture and to cause prefragmentation of the molecules of the air/fuel mixture. The system further includes a device for controlling the cold plasma generator depending on the speed of operation of the turbomachine.
Claims16
System for injecting an air/fuel mixture into a turbomachine combustion chamber, comprising:
- a hollow tubular structure for the flow of the air/fuel mixture into the combustion chamber;
- fuel injection means placed at an upstream end of the hollow tubular structure;
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- air injection means placed downstream of the fuel injection means;
- cold plasma generating means placed downstream of the air injection means so as to generate active species in the flow of the air/fuel mixture and to cause prefragmentation of the molecules of the air/fuel mixture;
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- means for controlling said cold plasma generating means depending on the speed of operation of the turbomachine.
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