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.
- Inventors:
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- Los Alamos, NM
- San Juan Pueblo, NM
- Issue Date:
- Research Org.:
- Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 871639
- Patent Number(s):
- 5769621
- Assignee:
- Regents of University of California (Los Alamos, NM)
- Patent Classifications (CPCs):
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F - MECHANICAL ENGINEERING F23 - COMBUSTION APPARATUS F23Q - IGNITION
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-7405-ENG-36
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- laser; ablation; based; fuel; ignition; provided; method; oxidizer; comprising; application; light; material; surface; absorptive; radiation; heating; produce; temperature; plume; emanates; heated; intensely; hot; cloud; vaporized; contacting; mixture; near; heat; sufficient; initiate; laser light; temperature sufficient; laser radiation; material surface; laser ablation; fuel ignition; surface material; /431/60/
Citation Formats
Early, James W, and Lester, Charles S. Laser ablation based fuel ignition. United States: N. p., 1998.
Web.
Early, James W, & Lester, Charles S. Laser ablation based fuel ignition. United States.
Early, James W, and Lester, Charles S. Thu .
"Laser ablation based fuel ignition". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/871639.
@article{osti_871639,
title = {Laser ablation based fuel ignition},
author = {Early, James W and Lester, Charles 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.},
doi = {},
journal = {},
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place = {United States},
year = {Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1998},
month = {Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1998}
}
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