The invention relates to jet engines, and more particularly to pulse
detonation engines. The desired technical result, namely increased energy efficiency and reliability, is achieved in an engine having a
combustion chamber configured in the form of a
detonation resonator that opens into an exhaust
nozzle. The
resonator is an aspherical reflector that is symmetrical about the axis of the engine. A gaseous fuel and a gaseous oxidizer are used in the engine, together with a single-step
combustion process. If a
hydrocarbon fuel is to be used, the fuel duct is provided with a
pyrolysis chamber.
Pyrolysis is achieved as a result of the fuel flow coming into contact with the heated rear side of the reflector. A mixture of fuel and oxidizer is fed into the
combustion chamber through an annular supersonic injection
system. To initiate
detonation, the engine can be provided with a detonation initiator in the form of a tube which is blind at the distal end and open at the end disposed in the
combustion chamber, said tube
lying along the axis of the engine. The detonation products flowing through the exhaust
nozzle generate a thrust which propels the engine in the opposite direction. This
pulse detonation engine design is simple and reliable and provides for the highly efficient generation of propulsive thrust force by maintaining cyclic resonant detonation at a frequency of around 10 kHz.