Use of high energy propellant in gas generators
First Claim
1. In a method for doing work wherein a gas generating material within a housing is ignited and burned to produce a gas which does said work without damaging said housing by means of heat, the improvement residing in utilizing as said material a composite consisting essentially of a potting material and one or more pieces of conventional solid rocket propellant potted in said potting material in a way such that said pieces will primarily end burn when ignited and will endothermically pyrolyze sufficient potting material to lower the flame temperature and the oxidativeness of the propellant combustion gases.
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Abstract
Thin pieces of high energy propellant are potted in a potting material suchs isocyanates cured hydroxy terminated polybutadiene, hydroxy terminated polybutadiene, polyurethane, polyester or polysulfide so that they will primarily end burn. The result is a composite structure that can be used to produce cool gases suitable for use in gas generator applications.
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- 1. In a method for doing work wherein a gas generating material within a housing is ignited and burned to produce a gas which does said work without damaging said housing by means of heat, the improvement residing in utilizing as said material a composite consisting essentially of a potting material and one or more pieces of conventional solid rocket propellant potted in said potting material in a way such that said pieces will primarily end burn when ignited and will endothermically pyrolyze sufficient potting material to lower the flame temperature and the oxidativeness of the propellant combustion gases.
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