LASER IGNITER, METHOD FOR IGNITING HIGH PRESSURE AND DILUTE FUEL-OXIDIZER MIXTURES

Abstract: the invention provides method for igniting pressurized fuel, the method comprising placing fuel into a combustion chamber; mixing the fuel with supercritical carbon dioxide and oxidizer to create a mixture; and contacting the fuel-air mixture with a laser, whereby the laser is pointed to a first point within the chamber. also provided is a laser ignitor for carbon dioxide combustors, the ignitor comprising: an elongated housing capable of varying in length, the housing having a first proximal end and a second distal end; a laser head in close spatial relationship to the proximal end, wherein the laser head generates a first laser beam; a seal at the distal end that is optically transparent to the laser beam and physically opaque to combustion contaminants; an algorithm for directing the first beam to a first point within a combustion chamber for a first period of time; and an algorithm for directing a second laser beam to a second point within the combustion chamber for a second period of time.

Inventor(s): Shashikant Aithal, Sreenath Gupta

CPC Classification: F02C7/264 (GAS-TURBINE PLANTS; AIR INTAKES FOR JET-PROPULSION PLANTS; CONTROLLING FUEL SUPPLY IN AIR-BREATHING JET-PROPULSION PLANTS (construction of turbines ; jet-propulsion plants ; construction of compressors or fans ; generating combustion products of high pressure or high velocity ; using gas turbines in compression refrigeration plants ))

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