Electromagnetic Jet Engine Thrust Without Combustion Turbines
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional jet engines rely on combustion chambers and gas turbines, which have limitations in efficiency and environmental impact, particularly in terms of fuel consumption and emissions.
Innovation Solution
The development of electric jet engines that utilize a plurality of rotors with magnets interacting with coils in a stator to generate thrust, eliminating the need for a combustion chamber and gas turbines.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Object-generated harmful factors
If conventional gas-powered jet engines are used, then thrust and speed are achieved through combustion, but fuel consumption and emissions increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces the combustion-based mechanical system with an electromagnetic system. Electric motors with rotors and stators generate thrust through electromagnetic forces acting on the air stream, eliminating the combustion chamber and turbine components that produce emissions. This substitution directly addresses the contradiction by removing the harmful combustion process while maintaining thrust generation capability.
Solution Approach 2:
The invention changes the fundamental operating parameters from chemical combustion to electromagnetic acceleration. By using controlled electromagnetic fields to accelerate air molecules instead of burning fuel, the system achieves thrust without the associated emissions and fuel consumption, resolving the technical contradiction between power generation and harmful emissions.
2Use of energy by moving object
If combustion chambers and gas turbines are used, then high temperature and pressure are achieved, but efficiency is limited
Solution Approach 1:
The patent substitutes the thermal-mechanical energy conversion system with an direct electromagnetic-to-kinetic energy conversion system. Electric motors convert electrical energy directly to mechanical motion of air molecules without requiring high-temperature combustion, thereby improving energy efficiency by eliminating thermal losses associated with combustion and turbine conversion.
3Object-generated harmful factors
If electric motors with multiple rotors are used, then emissions are reduced, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent divides the thrust generation function into multiple independent electric motor units, each with its own rotor and stator assembly. This segmentation allows for modular construction and maintenance while eliminating the need for a single complex combustion system. The segmented approach reduces emissions by removing combustion entirely while managing complexity through standardized modular components.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
This solution enables more efficient and potentially cleaner flight by using electric motors to compress air and generate thrust, reducing fuel consumption and emissions compared to traditional gas-powered engines.
Implementation Method 1
a plurality of rotors rotating around a shaft. Each of the rotors may include a plurality of blades that enable air to traverse thereby. The rotors may include magnets on edges thereof. A stator may be created within the engine with coils oriented in alignment with the rotors. The coils could be operated so as to cause the rotors to rotate within the engine.
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AI summary
Electric engine to provide thrust to fly an aircraft. Engine includes housing, air inlet, shaft, bladed rotor having a plurality of magnets secured on shaft, stator having plurality of coils positioned so as to interact with plurality of magnets and an exhaust nozzle. Powering coils causes interaction with magnets that results in bladed rotor rotating and pressurizing and accelerating air received via air inlet and expelling via exhaust nozzle to provide thrust. Engine may include generator having stator with coils secured to shaft via bearings and plurality of rotors with magnets secured to shaft to rotate with shaft. Magnets rotating past coils results in electric generation. Second hollow shaft may be mounted to shaft with bearings and generator may be located with hollow shaft. Second bladed rotor may be connected to, and rotate, second shaft. Engine may include ducts external to bladed rotor and fan to route air therein.