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公开(公告)号:US11667405B2
公开(公告)日:2023-06-06
申请号:US15840769
申请日:2017-12-13
发明人: Miles R. Palmer
IPC分类号: B64G1/00 , B64G5/00 , F41A1/02 , F41B11/62 , F41B11/68 , F41B11/723 , B64F1/02 , B64F1/04 , F42B12/02
CPC分类号: B64G1/002 , B64F1/025 , B64F1/04 , B64G5/00 , F41A1/02 , F41B11/62 , F41B11/68 , F41B11/723 , F42B12/02
摘要: The present disclosure relates to a launch system and method. The launch system and method can include at least a preliminary accelerator tube system (PAT) that can be combined with a main accelerator tube system (MAT). The PAT alone or combined with the MAT can be used for launch of a vehicle for testing and/or for delivery of a payload.
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公开(公告)号:US20220412218A1
公开(公告)日:2022-12-29
申请号:US17896901
申请日:2022-08-26
摘要: The present disclosure provides methods, assemblies, and systems for power production that can allow for increased efficiency and lower cost components arising from the control, reduction, or elimination of turbine blade mechanical erosion by particulates or chemical erosion by gases in a combustion product flow. The methods, assemblies, and systems can include the use of turbine blades that operate with a blade velocity that is significantly reduced in relation to conventional turbines used in typical power production systems. The methods and systems also can make use of a recycled circulating fluid for transpiration protection of the turbine and/or other components. Further, recycled circulating fluid may be employed to provide cleaning materials to the turbine.
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公开(公告)号:US10562648B2
公开(公告)日:2020-02-18
申请号:US15440552
申请日:2017-02-23
IPC分类号: B64G1/40 , F02K9/95 , F42B6/00 , F41A1/04 , F42B15/10 , F42B15/12 , F41B6/00 , B64G1/00 , F41F1/00 , F42C11/00 , F41F3/04 , F42C11/04
摘要: The present disclosure relates to a launch system, a launch vehicle for use with the launch system, and methods of launching a payload utilizing the launch vehicle and/or the launch system. The disclosure can provide for delivery of the payload at a terrestrial location, an Earth orbital location, or an extraorbital location. The launch vehicle can comprise a payload, a propellant tank, an electrical heater wherein propellant, such as a light gas (e.g., hydrogen) is electrically heated to significantly high temperatures, and an exhaust nozzle from which the heated propellant expands to provide an exhaust velocity of, for example, 7-16 km/sec. The launch vehicle can be utilized with the launch system, which can further comprise a launch tube formed of at least one tube, which can be electrically conductive and which can be combined with at least one insulator tube. An electrical energy source, such as a battery bank and associated inductor, can be provided.
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公开(公告)号:US20190260471A1
公开(公告)日:2019-08-22
申请号:US16281867
申请日:2019-02-21
发明人: William J. Brown , Hannah Clark , David Freed , Miles R. Palmer
IPC分类号: H04B10/11
摘要: An optical receiver is provided for a diverged-beam, free space optical communications system. The optical receiver includes a demultiplexer and a detector array. The demultiplexer includes a diffractive optic configured to receive an optical beam propagating in free space. The optical beam includes a plurality of optical carrier signals of respective wavelengths for a plurality of communication channels, and the diffractive optic is configured to spatially separate the optical beam by wavelength into the plurality of optical carrier signals. The detector array includes a plurality of optical detectors configured to convert the plurality of optical carrier signals into a respective plurality of electrical signals for the plurality of communication channels. The plurality of optical detectors includes at least twice as many optical detectors as optical carrier signals in the plurality of optical carrier signals.
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公开(公告)号:US20180363550A1
公开(公告)日:2018-12-20
申请号:US16058474
申请日:2018-08-08
IPC分类号: F02C3/20 , F02C3/04 , F25J3/04 , F23M5/08 , F23L7/00 , F02C3/22 , F01K25/10 , F02C1/00 , F02G5/02 , F23R3/00 , F23J15/02 , F23M5/00 , F02C3/34 , F01K13/00 , F22B35/12 , F23D1/00
摘要: The present invention provides methods and system for power generation using a high efficiency combustor in combination with a CO2 circulating fluid. The methods and systems advantageously can make use of a low pressure ratio power turbine and an economizer heat exchanger in specific embodiments. Additional low grade heat from an external source can be used to provide part of an amount of heat needed for heating the recycle CO2 circulating fluid. Fuel derived CO2 can be captured and delivered at pipeline pressure. Other impurities can be captured.
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公开(公告)号:US20180251237A1
公开(公告)日:2018-09-06
申请号:US15910230
申请日:2018-03-02
发明人: Miles R. Palmer , Cam Hosie
摘要: The present disclosure relates launch systems, launch vehicles for use with the launch system, and methods of launching articles utilizing the launch vehicle and/or the launch system. In particular, various improvements for electroantimagnetic launch systems, vehicles, and methods are provided.
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公开(公告)号:US20230265791A1
公开(公告)日:2023-08-24
申请号:US18141079
申请日:2023-04-28
IPC分类号: F02C3/20 , F23R3/06 , F23D1/00 , F23J15/02 , F23L7/00 , F23M5/08 , F01K13/00 , F01K25/10 , F02C3/22 , F02C3/34 , F22B35/12 , F23M5/00 , F25J3/04 , F01K23/10 , F02C3/04 , F02C7/00 , F02C1/00 , F02G5/02 , F23R3/00
CPC分类号: F02C3/20 , F23R3/06 , F23D1/00 , F23J15/027 , F23L7/002 , F23L7/007 , F23M5/08 , F01K13/00 , F01K25/103 , F02C3/22 , F02C3/34 , F22B35/12 , F23M5/00 , F23M5/085 , F25J3/04533 , F25J3/04618 , F25J3/04018 , F25J3/04545 , F01K23/10 , F02C3/04 , F02C7/00 , F02C1/005 , F02G5/02 , F23R3/005 , F23R2900/00004 , F23J2900/15025 , F23L2900/07001 , F23L2900/07002 , F23L2900/07003 , F23L2900/07007 , F23L2900/07008 , F23M2900/05004 , F05D2260/61 , F25J2230/06 , F25J2240/70 , F25J2240/82 , F25J2260/80 , Y02E20/32 , Y02E20/34 , F01K3/185
摘要: The present invention provides methods and system for power generation using a high efficiency combustor in combination with a CO2 circulating fluid. The methods and systems advantageously can make use of a low pressure ratio power turbine and an economizer heat exchanger in specific embodiments. Additional low grade heat from an external source can be used to provide part of an amount of heat needed for heating the recycle CO2 circulating fluid. Fuel derived CO2 can be captured and delivered at pipeline pressure. Other impurities can be captured.
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公开(公告)号:US11459896B2
公开(公告)日:2022-10-04
申请号:US17149245
申请日:2021-01-14
摘要: The present disclosure provides methods, assemblies, and systems for power production that can allow for increased efficiency and lower cost components arising from the control, reduction, or elimination of turbine blade mechanical erosion by particulates or chemical erosion by gases in a combustion product flow. The methods, assemblies, and systems can include the use of turbine blades that operate with a blade velocity that is significantly reduced in relation to conventional turbines used in typical power production systems. The methods and systems also can make use of a recycled circulating fluid for transpiration protection of the turbine and/or other components. Further, recycled circulating fluid may be employed to provide cleaning materials to the turbine.
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公开(公告)号:US10989113B2
公开(公告)日:2021-04-27
申请号:US15703042
申请日:2017-09-13
IPC分类号: F02C3/28 , F02C3/24 , F02C3/04 , F02C7/22 , C10J3/48 , C10J3/46 , C10K1/00 , C01B3/38 , B01J8/24 , C10K3/02 , C10K1/04 , C10K1/32 , C10K1/10
摘要: The present disclosure relates to a power production system that is adapted to achieve high efficiency power production using partial oxidation of a solid or liquid fuel to form a partially oxidized stream that comprises a fuel gas. This fuel gas stream can be one or more of quenched, filtered, and cooled before being directed to a combustor of a power production system as the combustion fuel. The partially oxidized stream is combined with a compressed recycle CO2 stream and oxygen. The combustion stream is expanded across a turbine to produce power and passed through a recuperator heat exchanger. The expanded and cooled exhaust stream can be further processed to provide the recycle CO2 stream, which is compressed and passed through one or more recuperator heat exchangers in a manner useful to provide increased efficiency to the combined systems.
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公开(公告)号:US10202209B2
公开(公告)日:2019-02-12
申请号:US15852815
申请日:2017-12-22
发明人: Miles R. Palmer
IPC分类号: B64G1/40 , B64G1/00 , F42B6/00 , F41A1/04 , F42B15/10 , F42B15/12 , F41B6/00 , F02K9/95 , F41F1/00 , F42C11/00 , F41F3/04 , F42C11/04
摘要: The present disclosure relates to a launch system, a launch vehicle for use with the launch system, and methods of launching a payload utilizing the launch vehicle and/or the launch system. The disclosure can provide for delivery of the payload at a terrestrial location, an Earth orbital location, or an extraorbital location. The launch vehicle can comprise a payload, a propellant tank, an electrical heater wherein propellant, such as a light gas (e.g., hydrogen) is electrically heated to significantly high temperatures, an exhaust nozzle from which the heated propellant expands to provide an exhaust velocity of, for example, 7-16 km/sec, and sliding electrical contacts in electrical connection with the electrical heater. The launch vehicle can be utilized with the launch system, which can further comprise a launch tube formed of concentric electrically conductive tubes, as well as an electrical energy source, such as a battery bank and associated inductor.
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