Patent ID: 7721523

Claim:
A power generation system; comprising: a compressor portion which compresses a flow passing through said compressor portion; an intercooler coupled to said compressor portion which reduces a temperature of said flow as said flow is passing through at least a portion of said compressor portion; a regenerator downstream of said compressor portion which increases the temperature of said flow after said flow exits said compressor portion; at least one pulse detonation combustor downstream of said regenerator which combusts said flow with a fuel which is added prior to said combustion to produce a pressure rise of said combusted flow from a series of repeating detonations and quasi-detonations within the at least one pulse detonation combustor; and a turbine portion which receives said combusted flow from said at least one pulse detonation combustor; wherein said regenerator is coupled to said turbine portion and heat from said turbine portion is directed to said regenerator through said coupling.