Propulsion system and method

摘要

A rotating engine produces a torque created by exhaust products routed through angled nozzles exiting the nacelle. In one instance, a hollow drive shaft includes a plurality of fuel injector nozzles through which pressurized fuel is fed into an ignition chamber and ignited. Exiting exhaust is directed to cause the nacelle to spin. This spinning motion of the nacelle is harnessed to perform electrical or mechanical work.

主权项

1. A propulsion system comprising an engine having a rotating nacelle, a length of the nacelle formed along a longitudinal axis of the engine, said engine comprising: a rotating nacelle having at least one angled exhaust nozzle coupled to an end of a leg that expels exhaust gas radially outward, said leg having an input end arranged within the combustion chamber and an output end arranged external to and radially about the nacelle to cause the nacelle to spin thereby creating a torque which is harnessed to perform work; a combustion chamber that accepts fuel from a fuel source having an exhaust that directs by-products of any combustion occurring within the combustion chamber into the at least one angled exhaust nozzle, said by products exiting the engine through the angled exhaust nozzle, at least one connecting rod having two ends and connected at one end to the rotating nacelle; and a drive shaft coupled to the other end of the at least one connecting rod opposite the nacelle, a fan located at a position along the longitudinal axis of the engine upstream from the leg.