Standing detonation wave engine
AssigneeKing Abdullah University of Science and Technology
InventorAslan Kasimov
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Abstract
A detonation engine can detonate a mixture of fuel and oxidizer within a cylindrical detonation region to produce work. The detonation engine can have a first and a second inlet having ends fluidly connected from tanks to the detonation engine. The first and second inlets can be aligned along a common axis. The inlets can be connected to nozzles and a separator can be positioned between the nozzles and along the common axis.
Claims15
A method for detonating a mixture of fuel and oxidizer, the method comprising:
- introducing an oxidizer to a detonation engine through a first inlet;
- introducing a fuel to the detonation engine through a second inlet, wherein the first and second inlets are collinear with a common axis;
- accelerating the oxidizer through a first nozzle;
- accelerating the fuel through a second nozzle;
- directing the oxidizer against a first side of a separator and radially outward from the common axis;
- directing the fuel against a second side of the separator, the second side being opposite the first side, and radially outward from the common axis;
- detonating the mixture of the fuel and the oxidizer at a distance from the common axis, within a cylindrical detonation region, to produce combustion products;
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- passing the combustion products over a turbine to rotate the turbine,
- wherein the turbine is mounted with first and second bearings attached to the first and second inlets, respectively.
A method for detonating a mixture of fuel and oxidizer, the method comprising:
- introducing an oxidizer to a detonation engine through a first inlet that is rotatably attached to a first bearing;
- introducing a fuel to the detonation engine through a second inlet that is rotatably attached to a second bearing, wherein the first and second inlets are collinear with a common axis;
- accelerating the oxidizer through a first nozzle;
- accelerating the fuel through a second nozzle;
- directing the oxidizer against a first side of a separator and radially outward from the common axis;
- directing the fuel against a second side of the separator, the second side being opposite the first side, and radially outward from the common axis;
- detonating the mixture of the fuel and the oxidizer at a distance from the common axis within a cylindrical detonation region, to produce combustion products;
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- passing the combustion products over a turbine to rotate the turbine,
- wherein the turbine is attached to the first and second bearings.
A method for detonating a mixture of fuel and oxidizer, the method comprising:
- introducing an oxidizer to a detonation engine through a first inlet;
- introducing a fuel to the detonation engine through a second inlet, wherein the first and second inlets are collinear with a common axis;
- accelerating the oxidizer through a first nozzle;
- accelerating the fuel through a second nozzle;
- directing the oxidizer against a first side of a separator and radially outward from the common axis;
- directing the fuel against a second side of the separator, the second side being opposite the first side, and radially outward from the common axis;
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- detonating the mixture of the fuel and the oxidizer at a distance from the common axis, within a cylindrical detonation region, to produce a standing detonation wave.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.