Patent ID: 8360759

Claim:
A rotary engine apparatus, comprising: a rotor eccentrically located within a housing, said rotor and said housing defining an interior space therebetween, said rotor configured with a plurality of rotor vane slots; a set of vanes spanning a distance from said set of rotor vane slots to said housing, said set of vanes separating said interior space into a plurality of chambers, said plurality of chambers comprising at least a trailing chamber and a leading chamber separated by a first vane of said set of vanes, said first vane slidingly engaged within a first rotor vane slot of said set of rotor vane slots; a first conduit within said rotor configured to communicate a first fuel flow between said trailing chamber and said first rotor vane slot, said first conduit comprising a first cross-sectional area; a second conduit within said rotor configured to communicate a second fuel flow between said trailing chamber and said first conduit, said second conduit comprising a second cross-sectional area, said first cross-sectional area larger than said second cross-sectional area; and a flow booster configured to use flow through said second conduit to enhance flow through said first conduit.