Patent ID: 6981366

Claim:
A continuous combustion reaction engine devoid of internal moving parts, comprising: a forwardly disposed air inlet section, having a forward end and a rearward end opposite said forward end; a centrally disposed fuel injection section; a rearwardly disposed, annular combustion section; a large diameter, concentrically disposed exhaust gas recirculation duct, extending forwardly from said combustion section through said fuel injection section to said air inlet section; said exhaust gas recirculation duct having an open rearward end communicating with said combustion section, and a forward end opposite said rearward end; a plurality of radially disposed pressure generators within said air inlet section, defining a corresponding plurality of air inlet passages therebetween; each of said pressure generators having an inner end, an outer end opposite said inner end, a forwardly disposed, open air inlet side, a rearwardly disposed airflow passage therethrough communicating with said air inlet side, and a plurality of airflow guide louvers disposed within said air inlet side; said exhaust gas recirculation duct further having a plurality of radially disposed exhaust gas passages adjacent said forward end thereof, each communicating with a corresponding said airflow passage of one of said pressure generators; an annular airflow passage surrounding said air inlet section and extending rearwardly to said fuel injection section; each said airflow passage of said pressure generators further having an outer end communicating with said annular airflow passage; and a plurality of air entrainment venturis disposed in an annular array about and forwardly adjacent said rearward end of said exhaust gas recirculation duct.