Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method and a device for feeding a rocket engine
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Application No.: US14440835Application Date: 2013-11-04
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Publication No.: US10072610B2Publication Date: 2018-09-11
- Inventor: Jean Michel Sannino , François Lassoudiere , David Hayoun
- Applicant: SNECMA
- Applicant Address: FR Paris
- Assignee: Arianegroup SAS
- Current Assignee: Arianegroup SAS
- Current Assignee Address: FR Paris
- Agency: Bookoff McAndrews, PLLC
- Priority: FR1260506 20121106
- International Application: PCT/FR2013/052621 WO 20131104
- International Announcement: WO2014/072624 WO 20140515
- Main IPC: F02K9/48
- IPC: F02K9/48 ; F02K9/50 ; F02K9/97 ; F02K9/64

Abstract:
The invention relates to a feed device for feeding a thrust chamber (10) of a rocket engine (100) with first and second propellants. According to the invention, a first feed circuit (16) of the thrust chamber (10) comprises a turbopump (22) having at least one pump (22a) for pumping the first propellant from a first tank (12), and a turbine (22b) mechanically coupled to said pump (22a). The first feed circuit connects an outlet of the pump to an inlet of the turbine via a heat exchanger (24) configured to heat the first propellant with heat generated by the thrust chamber, in order to actuate the turbine. According to the invention, a second feed circuit (18) is configured to feed the thrust chamber with second propellant from a second tank (14) that is configured to be pressurized. The invention also provides a method of feeding a rocket engine thrust chamber with first and second propellants.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150285187A1 METHOD AND A DEVICE FOR FEEDING A ROCKET ENGINE Public/Granted day:2015-10-08
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