220 results about "Laser ignition" patented technology

Sequenced pulses of light from an excitation laser with at least two resonator cavities with separate output couplers are directed through a light modulator and a first polarzing analyzer. A portion of the light not rejected by the first polarizing analyzer is transported through a first optical fiber into a first ignitor laser rod in an ignitor laser. Another portion of the light is rejected by the first polarizing analyzer and directed through a halfwave plate into a second polarization analyzer. A first portion of the output of the second polarization analyzer passes through the second polarization analyzer to a second, oscillator, laser rod in the ignitor laser. A second portion of the output of the second polarization analyzer is redirected by the second polarization analyzer to a second optical fiber which delays the beam before the beam is combined with output of the first ignitor laser rod. Output of the second laser rod in the ignitor laser is directed into the first ignitor laser rod which was energized by light passing through the first polarizing analyzer. Combined output of the first ignitor laser rod and output of the second optical fiber is focused into a combustible fuel where the first short duration, high peak power pulse from the ignitor laser ignites the fuel and the second long duration, low peak power pulse directly from the excitation laser sustains the combustion.

An ignition device for the ignition of a gas mixture in a main combustion chamber (1), in particular of an internal combustion engine, is proposed, wherein the absorber body (5) is heated by means of a laser (8). A prechamber (10) is located upstream of the absorber body (5) on the combustion chamber inner side (6) in order to improve the ignition behaviour.

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. 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.In the embodiment of the invention claimed herein, 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 combined with either the first portion after a delay before injection into the ignitor laser.

Methods and apparatuses for laser ignition in an internal combustion engine. Laser radiation is directed to an ignition location within a combustion chamber with adaptive optics, and the position of the ignition location is adaptively adjusted during operation of the engine using the adaptive optics. Multiple ignition locations may be provided during a cycle of an internal combustion engine. A first pulse of laser radiation is directed to a first ignition location within a combustion chamber with adaptive optics, and a second pulse of laser radiation is directed to a second ignition location within the combustion chamber using the adaptive optics.

An apparatus is provided for the ignition of a fuel/air mixture in the combustion chamber of a combustion machine, wherein the combustion chamber has at least one inlet valve and at least one outlet valve. There are further provided a laser light generating device for giving off laser light and a combustion chamber window for coupling the laser light into a combustion chamber of the combustion machine. There is provided at least one fluid feed means which is separate from the inlet valve or valves and with which a fluid can be caused to flow at least on to regions of the surface of the combustion chamber window or between the combustion chamber window and the focal point of the laser light.

The invention relates to a testing device for testing ignition combustion characteristics and propulsive performance and is to disclose a device for testing ignition combustion characteristics and propulsive performance of a solid fuel micro-thruster. The device comprises a laser, a reactor, a vacuum pump, a high-speed camera, a high-speed temperature detector, a fiber optic spectrometer, a data acquisition card, a synchronous trigger switch and a computer, wherein the reactor comprises a pressure-resistant glass cover, a micro-thruster fixing rack, a sealing ring, a pedestal, a pressure gauge and a high-sensitivity pressure sensor. The device is characterized in that a propulsive agent in the thruster is ignited by a laser ignition method; the ignition energy, the ignition temperature and the heating rate are basically the same as these of the actual resistance wire, but the cost is greatly reduced, the process is greatly simplified, and the working stability is better; thus the testing device is very suitable for test and research in a laboratory.

The invention discloses a method for laser-induced self-propagating connection between carbon fiber reinforced aluminum-based composite and metal, relates to a method for connecting aluminum-based composite and the metal, and aims to solve the problems of serious interface reaction between reinforced phase carbon fibers and aluminum and parent metal performance deterioration caused by overall high heating temperature in the conventional welding method. The method comprises the following steps of: 1, uniformly mixing and ball-milling titanium powder, aluminum powder and nano-carbon powder to obtain mixed powder; 2, pressing the mixed powder into an intermediate layer compact with relative density of 60 to 80 percent and thickness of 1 to 3mm, and sealing and storing the intermediate layer compact; and 3, placing the intermediate layer compact between the carbon fiber reinforced aluminum-based composite and the metal to obtain a sandwich, igniting the intermediate layer compact by using laser, and stopping a laser to finish the laser-induced self-propagating connection. The self-propagating heating intermediate layer compact is used for realizing the connection by adopting a laser ignition technology, and the joint strength reaches 30.5MPa. The method is applied to the field of connection between the carbon fiber reinforced aluminum-based composite and the metal.

The invention discloses a particle airflow suspension laser ignition experiment device belonging to the technical field of solid rocket engines. The particle airflow suspension laser ignition experiment device enables particles to suspend in space in a combustor by means of tiny airflow, and the particles are not in contact with a metal wall plate, and are continuously heated and ignited by using a high-energy laser igniter. A gas environment is adjustable, single gas can be fed or different kinds of gases are simultaneously fed so that the purpose of testing particle ignition processes under different gas environments is achieved. Four transparent windows are arranged on the combustor, wherein two windows are observation windows and two windows are germanium glass windows; a working process is observed and tested by means of the two observation windows, laser generated by the laser igniter shoots into the combustor by means of the two germanium glass windows, the power of the laser igniter is regulated, and the particles suspending in the combustor are heated and ignited; a detailed process of particle ignition combustion are shot by means of the observation windows by using a high-speed photography system. The experiment device can be used for researching ignition and combustion characteristics of metal particles and nonmetal particles.

Methods and systems are provided for enabling engine diagnostics, including visual inspections of an engine cylinder, using existing hardware from a laser ignition system. Light pulses from a laser ignition device are received at a photodetector during non-combusting conditions and used to generate images of an inside of the cylinder that can be assessed by a service technician. An electric motor of the vehicle system can be used during a service mode of the vehicle to rotate the engine to, and hold the engine at, specified engine positions that enable the technician to perform selected diagnostic tests.

The present invention relates to a laser ignition apparatus (10), including at least two laser light generating devices (2', 2'') and a common optical coupling-in means (4) for coupling laser light (3', 3'') from the at least two laser light generating devices into a combustion chamber (11) of a combustion machine, wherein the at least two laser light generating devices are so arranged that laser light given off by the laser light generating devices in the operating condition impinges on the optical coupling-in means and/or issues from the optical coupling-in means (4) in parallel displaced relationship or at an angle to each other. There are provided laser light steering elements between the laser light generating devices and the optical coupling-in means, at least two laser light generating devices are so arranged that the ejection surface of the laser light of the first laser light generating device and the ejection surface of the laser light of the second laser light generating device are arranged at an angle different from 0. The present invention also relate to a method of igniting a fuel/air mixture in a combustion chamber of a combustion machine.

A laser spark distribution and ignition system that reduces the high power optical requirements for use in a laser ignition and distribution system allowing for the use of optical fibers for delivering the low peak energy pumping pulses to a laser amplifier or laser oscillator. An optical distributor distributes and delivers optical pumping energy from an optical pumping source to multiple combustion chambers incorporating laser oscillators or laser amplifiers for inducing a laser spark within a combustion chamber. The optical distributor preferably includes a single rotating mirror or lens which deflects the optical pumping energy from the axis of rotation and into a plurality of distinct optical fibers each connected to a respective laser media or amplifier coupled to an associated combustion chamber. The laser spark generators preferably produce a high peak power laser spark, from a single low power pulse. The laser spark distribution and ignition system has application in natural gas fueled reciprocating engines, turbine combustors, explosives and laser induced breakdown spectroscopy diagnostic sensors.

A laser ignition system includes a laser oscillator and an oscillation controller. The laser oscillator is configured to generate laser light into a combustion chamber of an engine. The oscillation controller is configured to cause the laser oscillator to generate a plurality of laser pulses into the combustion chamber in order to ignite the engine. The oscillation controller causes the laser oscillator to generate each of the plurality of laser pulses at a laser oscillation period that is longer than 10 μs and shorter than 300 μs.

The invention discloses a signal acquisition device based on experiments of laser-induced ignition of solid propellants. The signal acquisition device comprises image recording equipment, a light-emitting diode, a flame photodiode, a laser photodiode, an amplifying circuit and a data acquisition card, wherein the laser photodiode is close to the wall of a laser tube; the flame photodiode is arranged outside a view window of a combustion chamber and is in positional correspondence with the view window; an input end of the amplifying circuit is connected with the laser photodiode, and an output end of the amplifying circuit is connected with the light-emitting diode; the light-emitting diode is arranged in a photographable visual angle of the image recording equipment, and the image recording equipment is arranged outside the view window of the combustion chamber and is in positional correspondence with the view window; a signal input end of the data acquisition card is connected with the laser photodiode and the flame photodiode. The signal acquisition device is simple in principle, high in precision and reasonable in cost and is convenient to operate.

The invention relates to an internal combustion engine with a laser ignition device (1), Q-switched, pumped solid-state laser with a pulsed pumped light source (30), a solid laser crystal (2), enclosed in a resonator, a Q-switch (4), for increasing the power density, at least one output mirror (6) and a focussing device (7), by means of which the laser beam (26) may be focussed in a combustion chamber.

The invention discloses a device and a method used for observing an air flow field structure in environment of different degrees of vacuum. The device is composed of a light source, a collimating lens, a pressure transmitter, a gas nozzle, a vacuum chamber, a focusing lens, a cut, a camera, a high reflectivity and high transmittance lens, a first CCD camera, a second CCD camera, a totally reflecting mirror, a focusing convex cylindrical lens, a collimating convex cylindrical lens, a plano-concave lens, a laser, a vacuum pump, a gas nozzle and a vacuum pump. According to the invention, a schlieren method and acetone PLIF are used to simultaneously observe the air flow field structure in environment of different degrees of vacuum; through the contrast correction of information acquired in two observing manners at the same time, a real air flow field structure is acquired; the success probability and the reliability of high altitude and space laser ignition are improved; the device and the method focus on observing the air flow field structure under different degrees of vacuum; and the air flow field structure information acquired through the device and the method can effectively help to choose the best ignition location for the laser ignition scheme of an engine in different environments.

The invention discloses a high-pressure adjustable-temperature laser ignition experimental device, comprising a laser lens cooling device and an adjustable-temperature combustion chamber; the adjustable-temperature combustion chamber comprises a combustion chamber top cover, a combustion chamber shell, a glass gland, a test piece support seat, a combustion chamber bottom cover and a cavity sealing plate; the laser lens cooling device comprises a water cooler outer shell, a lens clamp ring, a water cooler inner shell and a laser focus lens; according to the high-pressure adjustable-temperature laser ignition experimental device, the sealed combustion chamber and the combustion chamber bottom cover with a cavity are used for solving the problem that the laser ignition experimental device cannot achieve adjustment on pressure, temperature and gas composition; due to the structure that a laser lens, an O-shaped ring and the lens clamping ring are respectively arranged at the two-stage stepped hole section and the threaded hole section at the center of the water cooler inner shell, the problem that detachability and leakproofness of the laser lens cannot be achieved at the same time; different environmental parameters are provided for laser irradiation experiments, experimental cost is saved, and experimental contents are enriched.

Methods and systems are provided for enabling engine diagnostics, including visual inspections of an engine cylinder, using existing hardware from a laser ignition system. Light pulses from a laser ignition device are received at a photodetector during non-combusting conditions and used to generate images of an inside of the cylinder that can be assessed by a service technician. An electric motor of the vehicle system can be used during a service mode of the vehicle to rotate the engine to, and hold the engine at, specified engine positions that enable the technician to perform selected diagnostic tests.

An ignition laser for an internal combustion engine is provided, wherein the combustion chamber window is connected to a housing of the ignition laser in a gas-, pressure-, and temperature-resistant manner.

The invention discloses a laser-induced particle jet ignition method; the method is as follows: laser pulses are led into a combustion chamber of an engine through a focusing lens in a common way; the focal position of the focusing lens in the combustion chamber is provided with an absorbing target; the hot particle jet which is generated after the absorbing target is intensively heated by laser is used for starting the combustion or the detonation of flammable mixture in the combustion chamber. The laser ignition method of the invention avoids the use of high-power laser, and increases the convenience for selecting ignition positions and the probability of high-frequency continuous ignition. In addition, the ignition mode is suitable for the ignition of different types of engines.