Hybrid chemical/electromagnetic propulsion system
    1.
    发明授权
    Hybrid chemical/electromagnetic propulsion system 失效
    混合化学/电磁推进系统

    公开(公告)号:US5170623A

    公开(公告)日:1992-12-15

    申请号:US646309

    申请日:1991-01-28

    摘要: A hybrid chemical/electromagnetic propulsion system which combines thermal expansion of a chemically-reacted propellant with electromagnetic acceleration of the propellant to provide an efficient propulsion system that operates in the specific impulse I.sub.sp range of 800 to 2500 seconds. The hybrid chemical/electromagnetic propulsion system includes a reaction chamber, an expansion nozzle mounted to the exit of the reaction chamber, and an induction coil wound around a portion of the expansion nozzle. The reaction chamber supports the combustion or chemical reaction of a propellant to form high-temperature ionizable reaction products. The expansion nozzle then expands these high-temperature reaction products to generate thrust. The induction coil generates a varying electric and magnetic field which ionizes and magnetically accelerates the reaction products to generate additional thrust. A drive circuit supplies current to the induction coil in a manner that maximizes this additional thrust.

    摘要翻译: 一种混合化学/电磁推进系统,其将化学反应的推进剂的热膨胀与推进剂的电磁加速相结合,以提供在800至2500秒的比脉冲Isp范围内操作的有效的推进系统。 混合型化学/电磁推进系统包括反应室,安装在反应室出口处的膨胀喷嘴和缠绕在膨胀喷嘴的一部分上的感应线圈。 反应室支持推进剂的燃烧或化学反应,形成高温可电离的反应产物。 膨胀喷嘴然后膨胀这些高温反应产物以产生推力。 感应线圈产生变化的电场和磁场,其电离并磁加速反应产物以产生额外的推力。 驱动电路以使该附加推力最大化的方式向感应线圈提供电流。

    Multi-megawatt pulsed inductive thruster
    2.
    发明授权
    Multi-megawatt pulsed inductive thruster 失效
    多兆瓦脉冲感应推进器

    公开(公告)号:US5207760A

    公开(公告)日:1993-05-04

    申请号:US734723

    申请日:1991-07-23

    IPC分类号: G21D5/02 H05H1/40

    CPC分类号: H05H1/40 G21D5/02

    摘要: This invention discloses an engine for use in sustained space travel. The engine is of an electric type powered by a nuclear reactor. The electric engine includes a pulsed inductive magnetic thruster. A gas is discharged against an inductor comprising a series of parallel coils arranged in a spiral fashion. Each coil consists of four separate electrically connected coil sections. Each coil section traverses one-quarter of the distance around the inductor from an outer perimeter to an inner perimeter to form a single closed loop. A capacitor is electrically connected to two outer perimeter connector points for each coil forming a Marx Bank arrangement. All capacitors are charged to full charge and discharged simultaneously by a trigger generator immediately after a puff of propellant gas reaches the inductor. The high induced EMF in the inductor caused by the multiple capacitors in series in a single loop creates a rapidly rising magnetic field which ionizes the propellant gas. The current and magnetic field in the ionized gas drives the gas away from the coil creating the thrust which drives the spaceship.

    摘要翻译: 本发明公开了一种用于持续空间行驶的发动机。 发动机是由核反应堆供电的电动式。 电动发动机包括脉冲感应磁力推进器。 气体被排放到包括以螺旋方式布置的一系列平行线圈的电感器上。 每个线圈由四个分开的电连接的线圈段组成。 每个线圈段从外周到穿过电感周围的距离的四分之一到内周,以形成单个闭环。 电容器电连接到两个外周边连接点,每个线圈形成一个马克思银行布置。 所有的电容器在推进剂气体到达电感器之后立即被触发发生器同时充满电并同时放电。 由单个环路中串联的多个电容器引起的电感器中的高感应EMF产生使推进剂气体电离的快速上升的磁场。 电离气体中的电流和磁场驱使气体远离线圈,产生驱动太空飞船的推力。