Patent ID: 8302730
Filing Date: 2012-11-06
Classification: F02K,F42B,F42D,Y02T

Abstract:
1. A method for generating a conducted acoustic wave, comprising the steps of: supplying to a detonator a fuel-oxidant mixture that flows through said detonator and into a closed end of a detonation tube, said fuel-oxidant mixture comprising a fuel and an oxidant; maintaining a mass ratio of said fuel versus said oxidant and a flow rate of said fuel-oxidant mixture to achieve detonation characteristics at an ignition point within said detonator; initiating a spark at said ignition point while said fuel-oxidant mixture is flowing through said detonator thereby producing at said ignition point a detonation impulse that propagates into said closed end of said detonation tube, said detonation impulse initiating a detonation wave that propagates from said closed end of said detonation tube to an open end of said detonation tube and exits said open end of said detonation tube as an overpressure wave; directing said overpressure wave towards a target media to generate said conducted acoustic wave.