Patent ID: 6996971
Filing Date: 2006-02-14
Classification: F01D,F02C,Y02T

Abstract:
1. A jet-propelled rotary engine comprising: a stator; a rotor operatively coupled to the stator for rotation of the rotor relative to the stator about a rotor axis, the rotor comprising at least first and second thrust matter jet assemblies and at least at least first and second steam jet assemblies, the first thrust matter jet assembly defining a first thrust matter converging flow region, a first thrust matter diverging flow region downstream of the first thrust matter converging flow region, and a first thrust matter discharge port, the second thrust matter jet assembly defining a second thrust matter converging flow region, a second thrust matter diverging flow region downstream of the second thrust matter converging flow region, and a second thrust matter discharge port, the first steam jet assembly defining a first steam converging flow region, a first steam diverging flow region downstream of the first steam converging flow region, and a first steam discharge port, the second steam jet assembly defining a second steam converging flow region, a second steam diverging flow region downstream of the second steam converging flow region, and a second steam discharge port, the rotary engine being adapted and configured to channel steam through the steam discharge ports of the first and second steam jet assemblies; and a combustion region having an upstream portion, the upstream portion of the combustion region being defined at least in part by the stator, the rotary engine being adapted to cause a combustion reaction of an oxygen-fuel mixture in the combustion region in a manner to form combustion reaction products which comprise at least a part of thrust matter to be discharged through the thrust matter discharge ports of the first and second thrust matter jet assemblies, the rotary engine being adapted to combust at least some of the oxygen-fuel mixture in the upstream portion of the combustion region such that at least a portion of the combustion reaction occurs in the upstream portion of the combustion region, the rotary engine being adapted and configured to channel at least some of the thrust matter formed in the upstream portion of the combustion region through the thrust matter discharge ports of the first and second thrust matter jet assemblies.