Patent ID: 6334299
Filing Date: 2002-01-01
Classification: F01D,F02C,F02K,F05D,Y02E,Y02T

Abstract:
Apparatus for generation of power, said apparatus comprising:(a) an inlet for supply of combustion air; (b) a fuel inlet for supply of oxidizable fuel; (c) a rotor, said rotor having a central axis and adapted for rotary motion thereabout, said rotor extending radially outward from said central axis to an outer surface portion having an outer extremity; (d) a stationary peripheral wall, said stationary peripheral wall (i) positioned radially outward from said central axis, and (ii) positioned very slightly radially outward from said outer extremity of said rotor; and (iii) having an interior surface portion; (e) one or more ramjets, each of said one or more ramjets comprising a rotating portion located at said outer extremity of said rotor, (f) said rotating portion of each of said one or more ramjets and said stationary peripheral wall cooperating to compress therebetween a portion of said combustion air; (g) one or more strakes, each of said one or more strakes provided adjacent to one of said or more ramjets, and at least a portion of each of said one or more strakes extending outward from at least a portion of said outer surface portion of said rotor to a point adjacent said interior surface portion of said peripheral wall; (h) whereby said one or more strakes effectively separate said supplied combustion air from said exhaust gases as said one or more ramjets compress air and oxidize said fuel supplied thereto and generate exhaust gases therefrom and thus develop thrust to effect rotary motion of said rotor about said axis of rotation.