In a generalized pulse detonation combustor, fuel and oxi dizer (eg, oxygen-containing gas
such as air) are admitted to an elongated combustion chamber at an upstream inlet end of
the pulse detonation combustor. An igniter (spark or plasma ignitor) is used to initiate a
combustion process within the pulse detonation combustor. Following a Successful transi
tion to detonation, a detonation wave propagates toward an outlet of the pulse detonation
combustor at SuperSonic speed causing a substantial combustion of the fuel and oxidizer …