Laser ablation based fuel ignition
Abstract
There is provided a method of fuel/oxidizer ignition comprising: (a) application of laser light to a material surface which is absorptive to the laser radiation; (b) heating of the material surface with the laser light to produce a high temperature ablation plume which emanates from the heated surface as an intensely hot cloud of vaporized surface material; and (c) contacting the fuel/oxidizer mixture with the hot ablation cloud at or near the surface of the material in order to heat the fuel to a temperature sufficient to initiate fuel ignition. 3 figs.
- Inventors:
- Issue Date:
- Research Org.:
- Univ. of California (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 672533
- Patent Number(s):
- 5769621
- Application Number:
- PAN: 8-862,284
- Assignee:
- Univ. of California, Los Alamos, NM (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-7405-ENG-36
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: PBD: 23 Jun 1998
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 42 ENGINEERING NOT INCLUDED IN OTHER CATEGORIES; IGNITION SYSTEMS; DESIGN; LASER-RADIATION HEATING; ABLATION; AEROSOLS; FUELS; IGNITION
Citation Formats
Early, J W, and Lester, C S. Laser ablation based fuel ignition. United States: N. p., 1998.
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Early, J W, & Lester, C S. Laser ablation based fuel ignition. United States.
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"Laser ablation based fuel ignition". United States.
@article{osti_672533,
title = {Laser ablation based fuel ignition},
author = {Early, J W and Lester, C S},
abstractNote = {There is provided a method of fuel/oxidizer ignition comprising: (a) application of laser light to a material surface which is absorptive to the laser radiation; (b) heating of the material surface with the laser light to produce a high temperature ablation plume which emanates from the heated surface as an intensely hot cloud of vaporized surface material; and (c) contacting the fuel/oxidizer mixture with the hot ablation cloud at or near the surface of the material in order to heat the fuel to a temperature sufficient to initiate fuel ignition. 3 figs.},
doi = {},
journal = {},
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place = {United States},
year = {Tue Jun 23 00:00:00 EDT 1998},
month = {Tue Jun 23 00:00:00 EDT 1998}
}
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