Hypersonic scramjet engine fuel injector

Patent · Tue Feb 27 04:00:00 EST 1990

OSTI ID:6838842

Lee, C P; Venkataramani, K S; Lahti, D J; Lee, V H

This patent describes a hypersonic scramjet engine fuel injector. It comprises: a housing having a generally horizontal top wall, an inclined bottom wall, and a generally vertical end wall attached together to define in cross-section a generally right triangle, the housing also having two generally vertical side walls having a the-generally-right-triangle shape. The side walls attached to the top, bottom, and end walls to define a fuel-tight, generally right-triangular wedge. The top wall having a fuel inlet orifice. The end wall having at least one convergent-divergent fuel outlet nozzle, and at least one wall of the bottom and side walls having a plurality of spaced-apart fuel-exit holes.

• Assignee: General Electric Co., Cincinnati, OH
• Patent Number(s): A; US 4903480
• Application Number: PPN: US 7-245181A
• OSTI ID: 6838842
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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