This invention discloses a liquid engine ignition device and method. The liquid engine ignition device includes a
storage tank, an ignition tube, an exhaust
check valve, and a shaped
shuttle valve. The
storage tank contains a
storage tank piston, dividing the tank cavity into a storage chamber and a storage
gas chamber. The ignition tube contains an ignition tube
piston, dividing the ignition tube cavity into a tube body storage chamber and a compression
gas chamber. The tube body storage chamber can hold the ignition
propellant required for each ignition. The inlet of the tube body storage chamber is connected to the storage tank cavity, and the outlet is connected to the
combustion chamber. During ignition, the shaped
shuttle valve connects the compression gas source to the compression
gas chamber, pushing the ignition tube
piston to move and extruding the ignition
propellant from the tube body storage chamber into the
combustion chamber. In the non-ignition state, the compression gas chamber is connected to the storage tank cavity, pushing the storage tank piston to move and filling the tube body storage chamber with the ignition
propellant from the storage tank cavity. This invention provides an engine ignition device that can automatically fill the ignition propellant and achieve multiple ignitions, and has a simple structure and good stability.