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A wave rotor detonation engine and method are provided. The wave rotor detonation engine includes a rotor rotatably mounted within a housing, an inlet port, an exhaust port, and an igniter for igniting the gases within the rotor. The rotor includes a plurality of circumferentially spaced longitudina

A wave rotor detonation engine and method are provided. The wave rotor detonation engine includes a rotor rotatably mounted within a housing, an inlet port, an exhaust port, and an igniter for igniting the gases within the rotor. The rotor includes a plurality of circumferentially spaced longitudinally extending combustion chambers in which detonative combustion occurs. The inlet port has a plurality of separate inlet zones for supplying fuel and air mixtures to the inlet end of the rotor. The inlet zones are circumferentially spaced about the perimeter of the rotor so that the combustion chambers interact with these inlet zones sequentially. Each inlet zone is capable of introducing a different combustible mixture sequentially to a given combustion chamber as it rotates past the inlet zones. This results in the stratification of differing concentrations of combustible material within the combustion chambers which is particularly suited to create detonative combustion within the wave rotor.

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1. A wave rotor detonation engine comprising:a housing including a first wall having at least one inlet port and a second wall having at least one exhaust port; a rotor rotatably mounted within the housing, the rotor comprising a plurality of combustion chambers, the chambers each having an inlet en

1. A wave rotor detonation engine comprising:a housing including a first wall having at least one inlet port and a second wall having at least one exhaust port; a rotor rotatably mounted within the housing, the rotor comprising a plurality of combustion chambers, the chambers each having an inlet end for gaseous communication with the at least one inlet port and an exhaust end for gaseous communication with the at least one exhaust port; a plurality of inlet zones disposed at the inlet port for communication with the inlet ends of the chambers, the inlet zones adapted to provide stratification of combustible materials within the chambers; and at least one igniter disposed within the housing for igniting a combustible material within the combustion chambers.