Combustor having an acoustically enhanced ejector system
AssigneeAtlantis Research Labs
InventorsLuc LaForest, Dennis Vivian Collins
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Abstract
The present specification generally relates to improvements to combustors such as burners and engines. In one aspect, the specification presents an acoustically enhanced ejector system which can be used as part of an intake system for a combustor. In another aspect, the specification teaches the use of a combustor combustion chamber as an oscillator to magnify a harmonic frequency of a pulsating frequency of the combustor. In still other aspects, the specification presents a combustion chamber having an inlet with a plurality of tangentially spaced apertures, and an in-line intake system connected to the apertures.
Claims6
A combustor comprising:
- a tubular combustor body, the body having:
- a combustion chamber having a plurality of tangentially spaced apertures wherein the apertures are disposed around an intake tube which protrudes into the combustion chamber;
- an exhaust pipe narrower than the combustion chamber and extending away from the combustion chamber and being in flow communication therewith, the exhaust pipe defining an outlet of the tubular combustor body;
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- an intake system in fluid communication with the apertures to feed the combustion chamber with fuel and air that has passed through the apertures and into the combustion chamber.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.