Apparatus and method for providing ignition to a turbine engine
CA 2109792 C · Owner: Unison Industries, Inc. · Inventors: Frus, John R.
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A unipolar ignition of the invention provides a current waveform at the ignitor plug which initially rises relatively slowly, followed by a transition to a fast rising current which quickly peaks and thereafter slowly dissipates. Such a current waveform provides an initially hotter and longer lasting spark which does not harm the ignitor plug of the system or shorten its life expectancy. Neither does the spark create stress on the solid state circuitry which delivers the energy to the ignitor plug. To provide the foregoing spark and current characteristics an inductor, having a saturable core is in series with the ignitor plug and it provides an initially high inductance which limits the …
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- Filed November 2, 1989 and granted January 20, 1998. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended November 2, 2009.
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