Hydrojet engine with pulse detonation combustion of liquid-fuel

Abstract

An experimental prototype of an engine of a new type for water transport—pulse detonation hydroramjet—was designed, built, and tested for the first time. Firing test of the prototype with a 2-L combustor was performed on a specially designed test stand with a thrust-measuring frame capable of producing an approach water stream in the form of a submerged jet with a velocity up to 10 m/s. The specific impulse was experimentally measured, ranging from 370 s at high operation frequency (20 Hz) to 1200 s at low operation frequency (1 Hz); i.e., the measured specific impulse of the pulse detonation hydroramjet exceeded that of the best modern liquid rocket engines.