RAYLEIGH-TAYLOR ASSISTED COMBUSTION AND COMBUSTORS ADAPTED TO EXPLOIT RAYLEIGH-TAYLOR INSTABILITY FOR INCREASING COMBUSTION RATES THEREIN

Title:

RAYLEIGH-TAYLOR ASSISTED COMBUSTION AND COMBUSTORS ADAPTED TO EXPLOIT RAYLEIGH-TAYLOR INSTABILITY FOR INCREASING COMBUSTION RATES THEREIN

Document Type and Number:

WIPO Patent Application WO/2011/031983

Kind Code:

A3

Abstract:

A method for improving interpenetration, mixing, and combustion between a fuel and oxidizer reactant mixture and combustion product gases in engines having a combustor includes the step of providing an engine having a combustor in which the reaction mixture and product gases are subjected to acceleration directed transverse to a direction along which the reactant mixture flows through the combustor during combustion. One or more catalyst elements are positioned within the combustor to generate Rayleigh-Taylor instability and thereby enhance interpenetration of the reactant mixture and product gases within the combustor chamber during combustion.

Inventors:

DAHM WERNER J A (US)

Application Number:

PCT/US2010/048446

Publication Date:

July 21, 2011

Filing Date:

September 10, 2010

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Assignee:

UNIV MICHIGAN (US)
DAHM WERNER J A (US)

International Classes:

F02C6/04; F01N3/10; F02C3/22; F02C6/12; F02C9/40

Domestic Patent References:

WO1992020961A1

1992-11-26

Foreign References:

US20070237693A1	2007-10-11
US20040226299A1	2004-11-18
US20050126755A1	2005-06-16

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