Gas generator method for producing cool effluent gases with reduced hydrogen cyanide content
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1. A process for the generation of a gas having a temperature of less than about 575°
- C. and less than about 0.7 mole % HCN which comprises;
(a) compounding and curing a gas generant composition consisting essentially of a binder component, a polynitrate ester plasticizer component, N,N'"'"'-dihydroxyethane diamide, and a HCN scavenger component selected from cupric oxalate, ferrous oxalate, Fe3 O4, or mixtures thereof;
(b) igniting the gas generant composition of step (a) to generate combustion gases; and
(c) causing the combustion gases generated in step (b) to pass through a coolant bed of sodium bicarbonate, ammonium tartrate or guanidine carbonate.
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Incorporation of various flame coolants, particularly ferrous oxalate, cupric oxalate and submicron size Fe3 O4 in N,N'"'"'-dihydroxyethane diamide containing gas generants results in cooler flame temperature and reduced HCN content. Use of downstream coolants further reduces evolved gas temperature and also further reduces HCN content. Devices incorporating these propellants are useful inflators for many devices such as helicopter flotation bags, cargo pallet soft-landing bags, aircraft escape slides, inflatable life rafts and similar items. They are particularly suitable when these items must be man-rated.
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1. A process for the generation of a gas having a temperature of less than about 575°
- C. and less than about 0.7 mole % HCN which comprises;
(a) compounding and curing a gas generant composition consisting essentially of a binder component, a polynitrate ester plasticizer component, N,N'"'"'-dihydroxyethane diamide, and a HCN scavenger component selected from cupric oxalate, ferrous oxalate, Fe3 O4, or mixtures thereof; (b) igniting the gas generant composition of step (a) to generate combustion gases; and (c) causing the combustion gases generated in step (b) to pass through a coolant bed of sodium bicarbonate, ammonium tartrate or guanidine carbonate.
- C. and less than about 0.7 mole % HCN which comprises;
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Current AssigneeThiokol Corporation (Howmet Aerospace, Inc.)
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Original AssigneeThiokol Corporation (Howmet Aerospace, Inc.)
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InventorsVriesen, Calvin W., Sutton, Ernest S., Biddle, Richard A.
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Primary Examiner(s)Miller, Edward A.
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Application NumberUS06/243,020Time in Patent Office936 DaysField of Search149/19.1, 149/19.5, 60/205, 60/219US Class Current60/219CPC Class CodesC06B 23/04 for cooling the explosion g...C06B 45/10 the organic component conta...C06D 5/06 by reaction of two or more ...
