Method and apparatus for the combustion of fuel

Claim 1

AN APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING ENERGY BY COMBUSTION, COMPRISING IN COMBINATION, A SERIES OF SUCCESSIVE COMBUSTION CHAMBERS, EACH HAVING AN OUTLET OPENING AT ONE END AND AN INLET OPENING VENTURI CONFIGURATION AT THE OTHER END THEREOF, SAID OPENINGS OF EACH CHAMBER BEING OF SUBSTANTIALLY SMALLER TRANSVERSE SECTION THAN AN INTERMEDIATE PORTION THEREOF, SAID ENDS WITH SAID OUTLET OPENINGS EXTENDING INTO SAID INLET OPENINGS OF THE NEXT SUCCESSIVE COMBUSTION CHAMBERS TO THE THROAT OF SAID VENTURI CONFIGURATION THEREOF AND FORMING IN THE SAID CHAMBER ANNULAR AIR INLETS, THE VOLUME OF EACH CHAMBER BEING GREATER THAN THE VOLUME OF THE PRECEDING CHAMBER; NOZZLE MEANS LOCATED IN THE INLET OPENING ON THE FIRST COMBUSTION CHAMBER AND FORMING AN ANNULAR AIR INLET IN THE SAME; PREHEATING MEANS FOR PREHEATING A FUEL; MEANS FOR SUPPLYING THE PREHEATED FUEL UNDER PRESSURE TO SAID NOZZLE MEANS TO THAT FUEL IS INTRODUCED INTO SAID FIRST COMBUSTION CHAMBER AT A PREDETERMINED VOLOCITY WHEREBY AMBIENT AIR IS SUCKED THROUGH SAID ANNULAR INLET OF THE SAME INTO THE SAME TO FORM A COMBUSTIBLE MIXTURE IN SAID FIRST COMBUSTION CHAMBER; AND MEANS FOR EFFECTING IGNITION OF THE MIXTURE IN SAID FIRST COMBUSTION CHAMBER WHEREBY COMBUSTION GAS AND FUEL PASSES THROUGH THE OUTLET OPENING OF THE SAME INTO THE NEXT SUCCESSIVE COMBUSTION CHAMBER AT A PREDETERMINED VOLOCITY TO SUCK AMBIENT AIR THROUGH SAID INLET OF THE SAME WHEREBY AN ADDITIONAL AMOUNT OF A COMBUSTIBLE MIXTURE IS FORMED WHICH IS IGNITED BY SAID COMBUSTION GAS AND PASES THROUGH THE OUTLET OF SAID NEXT SUCCESSIVE COMBUSTION CHAMBER INTO THE NEXT FOLLOWING SUCCESSIVE COMBUSTION CHAMBER UNTIL THE COMBUSTION GAS PRODUCED BY ALL THE INTRODUCED FUEL PASSES THROUGH THE OUTLET OF THE LAST COMBUSTION CHAMBER.