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公开(公告)号:US20250116244A1
公开(公告)日:2025-04-10
申请号:US18377151
申请日:2023-10-05
Applicant: General Electric Company
Inventor: Kapil Singh , Daniel Depperschmidt , Arin Elspeth Lastufka Cross , Sarah M. Monahan
Abstract: Combustor systems are provided that include rotating detonation combustors (RDCs) arranged in series. In some embodiments, a combustor system includes a volume that receives a core oxidizer-fuel mixture. The combustor system includes a first RDC having a first detonation chamber. The first detonation chamber receives a first pilot oxidizer-fuel mixture and is bounded by a first channel formed in a peripheral wall. The combustor system further includes at least one additional RDC having a second detonation chamber. The second detonation chamber receives a second pilot oxidizer-fuel mixture and is bounded by a second channel formed in the peripheral wall. The first pilot oxidizer-fuel mixture reacts in the first detonation chamber and the second pilot oxidizer-fuel mixture reacts in the second detonation chamber to generate rotating detonation combustion waves that are guided by the first channel and the second channel to support a reaction that consumes the core oxidizer-fuel mixture.
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公开(公告)号:US12037962B1
公开(公告)日:2024-07-16
申请号:US18118606
申请日:2023-03-07
Applicant: General Electric Company
Inventor: David Perveiler , Craig D. Young , Dean P. Modroukas , Daniel Depperschmidt , Anthony Hazlett
CPC classification number: F02K7/10 , F02K3/02 , F02K7/14 , F23R7/00 , F05D2220/10 , F05D2240/35 , F05D2300/6033
Abstract: A high-speed, air-breathing propulsion engine includes an inlet configured to compress incoming air, a fuel injector configured to supply a fuel for mixing with the compressed incoming air to form a fuel-air mixture, and a combustor configured to burn the fuel-air mixture. The combustor includes a rotation detonation combustor system and a bluff body system that cooperate to generate thrust.
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