General Electric Company
Rotating Detonation Combustion System

Abstract:

A rotating detonation combustion (RDC) system including a gas nozzle defining a first convergent-divergent nozzle providing a flow of gas at least partially along a longitudinal direction. The flow of gas defines a fluid wall defined at least partially along the longitudinal direction. A detonation chamber is defined radially inward of the fluid wall relative to a combustion center plane. A fuel-oxidizer nozzle defining a second convergent-divergent nozzle provides a flow of fuel-oxidizer mixture to the detonation chamber. The fuel-oxidizer nozzle is defined radially inward of the gas nozzle and upstream of the detonation chamber relative to the combustion center plane.