Strut cavity pilot and fuel injector assembly

A ramjet engine has an inlet, an outlet, and a gas flowpath from the inlet to the outlet. A pilot recess is along the flowpath. A plurality of struts extend within the flowpath. Each strut has first and second side surfaces extending between leading and trailing ends the trailing end sweeping away f...

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Main Authors ANDREADIS DEAN E, BLEVINS JAMES D, BECKEL STEPHEN A
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 21.08.2008
Subjects
AIR INTAKES FOR JET-PROPULSION PLANTS
BLASTING
COMBUSTION ENGINES
CONTROLLING FUEL SUPPLY IN AIR-BREATHING JET-PROPULSION PLANTS
ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL
GAS-TURBINE PLANTS
HEATING
HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
JET-PROPULSION PLANTS
LIGHTING
MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
NON-POSITIVE DISPLACEMENT MACHINES OR ENGINES, e.g. STEAMTURBINES
STEAM ENGINES
WEAPONS
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Summary:A ramjet engine has an inlet, an outlet, and a gas flowpath from the inlet to the outlet. A pilot recess is along the flowpath. A plurality of struts extend within the flowpath. Each strut has first and second side surfaces extending between leading and trailing ends the trailing end sweeping away from the recess in a downstream direction across from the pilot recess. Each strut has first and second distributed fuel outlets positioned to discharge fuel from the first and second side surfaces respectively.
Bibliography:Application Number: US20050087292