System and method for ignition of a gaseous or dispersed fuel-oxidant mixture
AssigneeSoundblast Technologies, LLC
InventorLarry W. Fullerton
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Abstract
An improved system and method for ignition of a gaseous or dispersive fuel-oxidant mixture is provided where a gaseous or dispersive fuel-oxidant mixture is supplied to a detonator tube having a fill point and an open end and an igniter placed at an ignition point within the detonator tube is ignited while the gaseous or dispersive fuel-oxidant mixture is flowing through the detonator tube. A detonation impulse is produced at the ignition point that propagates to the open end of said detonator tube where it can be supplied to a detonation tube having an open end, to an internal combustion engine, a combustion chamber, and to a pulse detonation engine.
Claims20
A detonator, comprising:
- a detonator tube, said detonator tube having a fill point and an open end, said fill point being supplied a gaseous or dispersive fuel-oxidant mixture that flows through said detonator tube and exits out said open end;
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- an igniter, said igniter being placed at an ignition point within said detonator tube, said igniter igniting said gaseous or dispersive fuel-oxidant mixture while said gaseous or dispersive fuel-oxidant mixture is flowing through said detonator tube thereby producing a detonation impulse at said ignition point that propagates to said open end of said detonator tube.
A system for igniting a gaseous or dispersive fuel-oxidant mixture, comprising:
- a detonator tube having a fill point, an open end and an igniter at an ignition point within the detonator tube;
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- a fuel supply for supplying a gaseous or dispersive fuel-oxidant mixture to said fill point of said detonator tube, said gaseous or dispersive fuel-oxidant mixture flowing through said detonator tube and exiting out said open end, said igniter igniting said gaseous or dispersive fuel-oxidant mixture while said gaseous or dispersive fuel-oxidant mixture is flowing through said detonator tube thereby producing a detonation impulse at said ignition point that propagates to said open end of said detonator tube.
A system for igniting a gaseous or dispersive fuel-oxidant mixture, comprising:
- a detonator, comprising:
- a detonator tube, said detonator tube having a fill point and an open end;
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- an igniter, said igniter being placed at an ignition point within said detonator tube;
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- a fuel-oxidant mixture supply that supplies a gaseous or dispersive fuel-oxidant mixture to said fill point of said detonator tube, said gaseous or dispersive fuel-oxidant mixture flowing through said detonator tube and exiting out said open end, said igniter igniting said gaseous or dispersive fuel-oxidant mixture while said gaseous or dispersive fuel-oxidant mixture is flowing through said detonator tube thereby producing a detonation impulse at said ignition point that propagates to said open end of said detonator tube.
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