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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8117824 | Pollution free engine using hydrogen as a fuel A pollution-free propulsion engine includes a rotating arm, a hollow axle defining a fuel delivery chamber, and hydrogen and oxygen sources. The rotating arm is formed with a detonation chamber, an opening and two tubular ducts therebetween. The axle is inserted int... | 02/21/2012 |
| 7404286 | Orbiting combustion nozzle engine An orbiting combustor nozzle (OCN) engine, having a rotating assembly comprising a co-rotating compressor and nozzle wheel enclosed within a non-rotating outer casing, defining a rotating combustion chamber, is disclosed. Combustion occurs in the combustion chamber ... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7367194 | Pulse detonation engine system for driving turbine A pulse detonation engine system (1) for driving a turbine is comprises a detonation generator section (5) including a detonation tube (7) having a tubular hollow section for permitting detonation to be generated therein during combustion stage ... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7350483 | Fluid piston engine A fluid piston engine with a plurality of cylinders wherein the plurality of cylinders are daisy chained through a single turbine having a single impeller. The fluid piston engine has a plurality of daisy chained cylinders that burn a fuel of hydrogen, and an oxidiz... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7337606 | Rotary ramjet engine An engine for providing rotary power about an output shaft with a high power-to-weight ratio includes a plurality of flow guiding blades mounted on the inner surface of an annular thruster base. The flow guiding blades cooperate with the peripheral surface of a roto... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7328570 | Pulse detonation system for a gas turbine engine having multiple spools A gas turbine engine having a longitudinal centerline axis therethrough, including: a fan section at a forward end of the gas turbine engine including at least a first fan blade row connected to a first drive shaft; a booster compressor positioned downstream of the ... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7278256 | Pulsed combustion engine A pulsed combustion apparatus includes a conduit having an outer wall and an inner wall. The inner wall has a number of apertures. An interior space is separated from the outer wall by the inner wall. An induction system is positioned to cyclicly admit charges to th... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7200987 | Off-axis pulse detonation configuration for gas turbine engine The present invention is a gas turbine engine system containing a compressor stage, a pulse detonation stage, and a turbine stage. During operation of the engine system, compressed flow from the compressor stage is directed to at least one off-axis pulse detonation ... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7163086 | Lubrication system A lubrication system comprises a reservoir for lubricant, lubricant delivery means to deliver lubricant to at least one component to be lubricated, an injector associated with each component, a control system to control the opening and closing of each injector and s... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7134285 | Adiabatic power generating system An adiabatic power generation method and apparatus includes at least one combusting device to combust any suitable fuel and an oxygen-containing gas to produce hot high pressure combustion gases. Also includes modified present art combustors, wind and solar energy s... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7100360 | Pulsed combustion engine A pulsed combustion device includes a support structure and a combustor carousel supported by the support structure and rotating relative thereto about an axis. The carousel has a number of combustion conduits in a circumferential array. Each conduit cyclically rece... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7096674 | High thrust gas turbine engine with improved core system A gas turbine engine having a longitudinal centerline axis therethrough, including: a fan section at a forward end of the gas turbine engine including at least a first fan blade row connected to a first drive shaft; a booster compressor positioned downstream of and ... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7093446 | Gas turbine engine having improved core system A gas turbine engine having a longitudinal centerline axis therethrough, including: a fan section at a forward end of the gas turbine engine including at least a first fan blade row connected to a drive shaft; a booster compressor positioned downstream of the fan se... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7062901 | Variable geometry nozzle with flexible side wall The disclosed device is directed toward a periodic combustion propulsion system. The periodic combustion propulsion system comprises at least one periodic combustion chamber configured to contain periodic combustion and at least one supersonic exhaust nozzle coupled... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7055308 | Detonation damper for pulse detonation engines An engine includes at least one pulse detonation chamber configured to receive and detonate a fuel and an oxidizer. The pulse detonation chamber has an outlet end and includes a porous liner adapted to fit within an inner surface of the pulse detonation chamber with... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7047724 | Combustion ignition Distributed initiation (e.g., multipoint or continuous) is utilized to obtain constant volume-like combustion performance in a pulse combustion device in the absence of detonation. A number of such devices may be utilized as turbine engine combustors. ... | 05/23/2006 |
| 6983604 | Thermodynamic pressure generator A thermodynamic pressure generator having an oscillating valve that allows premixed fuel to enter a combustion chamber in turbulence, until it comes into contact with an annular spoiler, which converts a portion of the fuel into a Karmon vortex ring for delayed igni... | 01/10/2006 |
| 6955052 | Thermal gas compression engine A power generation method and apparatus includes a plurality of gas reactors that combust fuel and an oxygen-containing gas under substantially adiabatic conditions such that hot high pressure combustion gases flow alternately and substantially continuously from eac... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6931858 | Rotating pulse detonation system for a gas turbine engine A pulse detonation system for a gas turbine engine having a longitudinal centerline axis extending therethrough includes a rotatable cylindrical member having a forward surface, an aft surface, and an outer circumferential surface, where a plurality of spaced detona... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6928804 | Pulse detonation system for a gas turbine engine A pulse detonation system for a gas turbine engine having a longitudinal centerline axis extending therethrough, the pulse detonation system includes an air inlet duct in flow communication with a source of compressed air, the air inlet duct including at least one p... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6907723 | Pulsed turbine rotor engine A pulsed turbine rotary engine comprising a fixed section, an output shaft, a plurality of nozzle openings, an air supply system, a fuel supply system, and an ignition system. The fixed section defines a plurality of intake openings each defining an intake axis. The... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6904750 | Integral pulse detonation system for a gas turbine engine A pulse detonation system for a gas turbine engine having a longitudinal centerline axis extending therethrough includes a rotatable cylindrical member having a forward surface, an aft surface, and an outer circumferential surface, where at least one stage of spaced... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6901738 | Pulsed combustion turbine engine A turbine engine has a circumferential array of combustion chamber conduits downstream of the compressor and upstream of the turbine. Means are provided for directing oxygen-containing gas from the compressor to the conduits so as to cyclically feed a gas charge int... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6886325 | Pulsed combustion engine A pulsed combustion device includes a support structure and a combustor carousel supported by the support structure and rotating relative thereto about an axis. The carousel has a number of combustion conduits in a circumferential array. Each conduit cyclically rece... | 05/03/2005 |
| 6833793 | Method of a continuous determination of an instantaneous position of an impeller blade tip in a rotor turbine machine The invention relates to a method of a continuous determination of an instantaneous position of an impeller blade tip (5′) in a rotor turbine machine, particularly in a turbine impeller (6) in a turbojet engine during its operation in a real conditio... | 12/21/2004 |
| 6824575 | Integrated coal gasification combined cycle power generator Embodiments of the invention provide an IGCC which achieves improved plant thermal efficiency by using a cooling steam supply system that cools the high-temperature sections of the gas turbine 34. Embodiments of the invention further provide and IGCC in which... | 11/30/2004 |
| 6694743 | Rotary ramjet engine with flameholder extending to running clearance at engine casing interior wall A rotary ramjet engine. A rotary ramjet engine is provided operating with a very low axial flow component. The engine has a closely housed rotor and shaft mounted for rotary motion with respect to an engine case. A plurality of ramjet combustors are provi... | 02/24/2004 |
| 6565310 | Steam-powered rotary engine A steam-powered rotary engine is provided in which a rotor arm assembly and an outer ring are positioned such that steam ejected from outlets at the two ends of the rotor arm assembly will impact at a substantially right angle onto steps or depressions fo... | 05/20/2003 |
| 6534551 | Process and apparatus for the production of synthesis gas A process for the production of synthesis gas from a hydrocarbon fuel and steam and/or oxygen gas wherein at least part of any steam requirement is provided by heat exchange against exhaust gas from a gas turbine driving an air separation unit supplying a... | 03/18/2003 |
| 6510683 | Apparatus for power generation with low drag rotor and ramjet assembly An apparatus (100) for generation of mechanical and electrical power. Ramjet type thrust modules (102a, 102b) operate at supersonic speeds (preferably Mach 3 to 4) at the distal or tip ends (116a, 116b) of a low aerodynamic drag rotor (106). Rotor (106) i... | 01/28/2003 |
| 6334299 | Ramjet engine for power generation A ramjet engine power generator. Supersonic ramjets are provided at the distal ends of a low aerodynamic drag rotor. The rotor is affixed at a central hub to a shaft, and rotates about an axis defined by the shaft. The rotor acts as a structural member wh... | 01/01/2002 |
| 5960625 | Constant volume combustion turbine with plurality flow turbine wheels A gas turbine engine having a turbine housing, air compressor, diffuser, shafts, bearings, seals, ignition system, fuel system and starter with improvements comprising an air charge combustor inlet plate (44), a rotating constant volume combustor (74), a ... | 10/05/1999 |
| 5501070 | Double-rotor rotary engine and turbine A rotary internal combustion engine has a base and a housing rotatably mounted to the base and having a rectangle-blade for forming a part of combustion chamber. An output shaft is rotatably mounted concentric with the housing and has also a rectangle-bla... | 03/26/1996 |
| 5279110 | Double-rotor rotary engine and turbine A rotary internal combustion engine has a base and a housing rotatably mounted to the base and forming a radial cylinder. An output shaft is rotatably mounted concentrically with the housing and has an arm rigidly extending therefrom. A piston slides in t... | 01/18/1994 |
| 5263313 | Circular internal thrust engine The main part of this engine is a rotor (20), driven by circular and tangential fluid flow. Coupled with a counter rotator (30) and stator (40), more work is extracted from the fluid flowing out of the rotor. In application as a gas burning engine, a comp... | 11/23/1993 |
| 5161368 | Stationary reactor and rotary motor A stationary reactor is provided having a disc-shaped combustor having a top plate and a bottom plate spaced apart from each other. The space between the plates defines a combustion chamber having a center and a periphery, the space tapers at the peripher... | 11/10/1992 |
| 5138831 | Air cooled rotary combustion engine An annular rotator is mounted between inner and outer stators and has a plurality of combustion chambers therein, each having an inlet port to receive a pressurized explosive fuel mixture from a source at one point in the rotation of the rotator and an ex... | 08/18/1992 |
| 4912923 | Double-rotor rotary engine and turbine This invention makes use of the combined advantages of the internal combustion engine and the turbine. A rotary internal combustion engine has a base and a housing rotatably mounted to the base and forming a radial cylinder. An output shaft is rotatably m... | 04/03/1990 |
| 4835960 | High compression gas turbine engine A high compression gas turbine engine which comprises a power generating rotor assembly which aspirates air at diametrically opposite areas. The power generating component is divided circumferentially into a fresh air intake sector, followed by an air com... | 06/06/1989 |
| 4741154 | Rotary detonation engine In an engine of the type wherein the combustion of fuel is initiated by a detonation wave, a plurality of axisymmetrical rotor elements are fixed along the length of a drive shaft. The drive shaft has a central longitudinal chamber which is supplied with ... | 05/03/1988 |
