Toroidal combustion chamber

摘要

A device comprising a combustion toroid for receiving combustion-induced centrifugal forces therein to continuously combust fluids located therein and an outlet for exhaust from said combustion toroid.

主权项

1. A device, comprising:
a combustion chamber with a toroidal inner surface for receiving combusted fluid, said toroidal inner surface having at least one wall incompletely circumscribing an exhaust exit, the exhaust exit extending along a major axis of the toroidal inner surface; and a plurality of fuel injectors and an equal number of oxidizer inlets disposed in the combustion chamber and about the major axis, wherein each of the fuel injectors is aligned to inject combustible fluid substantially tangential to the toroidal inner surface and wherein each of the oxidizer inlets provides at least one type of oxidizer substantially tangential to the toroidal inner surface, wherein a combination of combustible fluid and at least one type of oxidizer contributes to a circumferential combustion vortex within the combustion chamber, the circumferential combustion vortex flowing around the major axis.