Injector element for rocket engine

    公开(公告)号:US11635045B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-04-25

    申请号:US16316685

    申请日:2017-06-29

    Abstract: An injector element for a liquid propellant rocket engine includes an oxidizer conduit, a central cavity that is fluidly coupled with the oxidizer conduit downstream of the oxidizer conduit, a first annulus that at least partially surrounds the oxidizer conduit and is fluidly coupled with an ignition fluid supply downstream of the ignition fluid supply, and a second annulus that at least partially surrounds the oxidizer conduit and is fluidly coupled with a fuel supply downstream of the fuel supply. The second annulus is fluidly coupled between the first annulus and the central cavity.

    VALVE TIMING SYSTEM FOR LIQUID FUEL ROCKETS

    公开(公告)号:US20220389885A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-12-08

    申请号:US17770156

    申请日:2019-12-10

    Inventor: Larry Coady

    Abstract: A liquid fuel rocket engine according to one example includes a combustor, a liquid fuel repository connected to the combustor via a fuel line and a first valve, an oxidizer repository connected to the combustor via an oxidizer line and a second valve, a valve controller configured to output a valve control current to the first valve, the valve controller storing instructions for determining at least one actual minimum impulse bit of a valve based on a current profile and a voltage profile of a single operation of the first valve, and to adjust valve controls to account for the at least one actual minimum impulse bit.

    REDUCED VAPOR-TOXICITY HYDRAZINE COMPOSITION

    公开(公告)号:US20220024836A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-01-27

    申请号:US17311411

    申请日:2019-01-24

    Inventor: Robert K. Masse

    Abstract: The hydrazine-containing composition is a liquid mixture that includes from 5 mol % to 95 mol % of unprotonated hydrazine selected from hydrazine, monomoethylhydrazine, dimethylhydrazine, ethylhydrazine, and combinations thereof, and from 5 mol % to 90 mol % of at least one oxygen-containing solute or solvent selected from acetals, acetyls, alcoxyamines having two or more carbon atoms, aldehydes, amides, amides and particularly carboxamides, aminoalcohols, carbazides, semicarbazides, carbon-containing nitrate salts comprising cations with logarithmic dissociation constants less than 9.2, hydroxyalkyl nitro compounds, hydroxyalkylhydrazines, carbonates, carboxylic acids and anhydrides of carboxylic acids, esters, ethers, ketals, ketones, mono- and poly-alcohols in 31% or greater mass fraction, nitrate esters, nitrosamines, sugars, and combinations thereof. The unprotonated hydrazine has a first vapor pressure and the oxygen-containing solvent has a second vapor pressure that is less than the first vapor pressure.

    Load impedance tester and measurement method

    公开(公告)号:US11162988B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-11-02

    申请号:US16768472

    申请日:2017-12-04

    Abstract: An impedance measurement circuit includes a signal injector having a voltage input and a voltage output, a controllable switch, and a voltage drop device connected in parallel with the controllable switch between the voltage input and the voltage output. The voltage output is connected to a load. A voltage sensor is configured to measure a voltage across the load. A current sensor is configured to measure a current draw of the load. A computing device is configured to determine an impedance of the load at a frequency based on the measured voltage and the measured current. The computing device controls the switch based on the frequency.

    PUMP WITH HOUSING HAVING INTERNAL GROOVES

    公开(公告)号:US20210003138A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-01-07

    申请号:US16767820

    申请日:2018-10-12

    Inventor: Khin Phui Sen Meng

    Abstract: A pump includes an axial inducer. The axial inducer includes a housing that has an internal surface that defines an axial fluid passage. A rotor is disposed about a central axis in the fluid passage. The rotor includes at least one blade that defines at least one blade tip. The internal surface of the housing defines a plurality of grooves adjacent the at least one blade tip. The grooves are elongated in a circumferential direction.

    INJECTOR ELEMENT FOR ROCKET ENGINE
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    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20190153980A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-05-23

    申请号:US16316685

    申请日:2017-06-29

    Abstract: An injector element for a liquid propellant rocket engine includes an oxidizer conduit, a central cavity that is fluidly coupled with the oxidizer conduit downstream of the oxidizer conduit, a first annulus that at least partially surrounds the oxidizer conduit and is fluidly coupled with an ignition fluid supply downstream of the ignition fluid supply, and a second annulus that at least partially surrounds the oxidizer conduit and is fluidly coupled with a fuel supply downstream of the fuel supply. The second annulus is fluidly coupled between the first annulus and the central cavity.

    LIQUID PROPELLANT ROCKET ENGINE TURBOPUMP DRAIN

    公开(公告)号:US20190153955A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-05-23

    申请号:US16316703

    申请日:2017-07-26

    Inventor: Neil H. Orr

    Abstract: A liquid propellant rocket engine includes a pump that is disposed along a central axis. The pump includes a purge system, a collection annulus in fluid communication with the purge system, and a drain. The collection annulus has an outer diameter wall, an inner diameter wall, and an end wall. The end wall defines an annular channel that has a channel depth that varies circumferentially. The drain opens to the collection annulus. At the drain, the annular channel has a lowest point at which the channel depth is maximum depth.

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