Laser ignition
Abstract
In the apparatus of the invention, a first excitation laser or other excitation light source is used in tandem with an ignitor laser to provide a compact, durable, engine deployable fuel ignition laser system. The beam from the excitation light source is split with a portion of it going to the ignitor laser and a second portion of it being recombined with the first portion after a delay before injection into the ignitor laser. Reliable fuel ignition is provided over a wide range of fuel conditions by using a single remote excitation light source for one or more small lasers located proximate to one or more fuel combustion zones.
- 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:
- 874632
- Patent Number(s):
- 6428307
- Assignee:
- The Regents of the University of California (Los Alamos, NM)
- Patent Classifications (CPCs):
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F - MECHANICAL ENGINEERING F02 - COMBUSTION ENGINES F02P - IGNITION, OTHER THAN COMPRESSION IGNITION, FOR INTERNAL-COMBUSTION ENGINES
H - ELECTRICITY H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS H01S - DEVICES USING THE PROCESS OF LIGHT AMPLIFICATION BY STIMULATED EMISSION OF RADIATION [LASER] TO AMPLIFY OR GENERATE LIGHT
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-7405-ENG-36
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- laser; ignition; apparatus; excitation; light; source; tandem; ignitor; provide; compact; durable; engine; deployable; fuel; beam; split; portion; recombined; delay; injection; reliable; provided; wide; range; conditions; single; remote; lasers; located; proximate; combustion; zones; light source; combustion zone; wide range; excitation light; excitation laser; /431/60/123/372/
Citation Formats
Early, James W, and Lester, Charles S. Laser ignition. United States: N. p., 2002.
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Early, James W, & Lester, Charles S. Laser ignition. United States.
Early, James W, and Lester, Charles S. Tue .
"Laser ignition". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/874632.
@article{osti_874632,
title = {Laser ignition},
author = {Early, James W and Lester, Charles S},
abstractNote = {In the apparatus of the invention, a first excitation laser or other excitation light source is used in tandem with an ignitor laser to provide a compact, durable, engine deployable fuel ignition laser system. The beam from the excitation light source is split with a portion of it going to the ignitor laser and a second portion of it being recombined with the first portion after a delay before injection into the ignitor laser. Reliable fuel ignition is provided over a wide range of fuel conditions by using a single remote excitation light source for one or more small lasers located proximate to one or more fuel combustion zones.},
doi = {},
journal = {},
number = ,
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place = {United States},
year = {2002},
month = {1}
}
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