METHOD OF OPERATING A ROCKET COMBUSTION CHAMBER AND COMBUSTION CHAMBER SYSTEM FOR PERFORMING THE METHOD

• US 3,570,249 A
• Filed: 08/26/1969
• Issued: 03/16/1971
• Est. Priority Date: 08/24/1968
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: German Munding, Werner Baum
• Original Assignee: German Munding, Werner Baum
• Inventors: Baum, Werner, Munding, German
• Application Number:
  US04/853,157
• Time in Patent Office: 567 Days
• US Class Current: 60/259
• CPC Class Codes: F02K 9/44 Feeding propellants
• CPC Class Codes: F02K 9/52 Injectors

Abstract

A METHOD OF OPERATING A ROCKET COMBUSTION CHAMBER WITH HYPERGOLIC PROPELLANTS, INCLUDING AT LEAST ONE LIQUID FUEL, OR AT LEAST ONE LIQUID OXIDIZER, COMRISES UTILIZING JET PUMPS TO SUPPLY THE PROPELLANTS TO THE COMBUSTION CHAMBER. THE JET PUMPS ARE OPERATED BY THE CATALYTIC DECOMPOSITION PRODUCTS OF MONERGOLS, THESE DECOMPOSITION PRODUCTS TAKING PART IN THE COMBUSTION CHAMBER REACTION. A PROPELLANT SUPPLY SYSTEM AND A COMBUSTION CHAMBER SYSTEM ARE PROVIDED FOR PERFORMING THE METHOD. A SOLID FUEL OR A SOLID OXIDIZER MAY BE USED, IN A KNOWN MANNER, IN PLACE OF THE LIQUID FUEL OR LIQUID OXIDIZER.

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