Ethanol based gel fuel for a hybrid rocket engine
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    发明授权
    Ethanol based gel fuel for a hybrid rocket engine 有权
    用于混合火箭发动机的基于乙醇的凝胶燃料

    公开(公告)号:US08101032B1

    公开(公告)日:2012-01-24

    申请号:US12122408

    申请日:2008-05-16

    IPC分类号: C06B47/00 D03D23/00

    CPC分类号: C06B47/00 C06B23/001 C10L7/04

    摘要: A cost-effective, renewable ethanol-based solid fuel compound, and method of making the fuel for hybrid rocket engines. Gelling agents, preferably methylcellulose can be used in conjunction with calcium acetate or calcium acetate alone make a stiff plastic out of ethanol to improve its properties for hybrid rocket engine. The increased stiffness of an ethanol-based fuel gel, increases yield stress that allows rapid acceleration of rockets. The low cost bio-fuel based on solidified ethanol rather than expensive petroleum derived substances lowers the cost of volume rocket launches, lowers the cost of access to orbit and provides safer sounding rocket flights into space. The resulting raw gel can further be mixed with a cross linking compound and water to form a stiffer material. Alternatively, the resulting raw gel can be frozen by liquid nitrogen.

    摘要翻译: 一种具有成本效益的可再生乙醇固体燃料复合物,以及制造用于混合火箭发动机的燃料的方法。 胶凝剂,优选甲基纤维素可以单独使用与乙酸钙或乙酸钙结合使用,从乙醇中形成刚性塑料,以改善混合火箭发动机的性能。 基于乙醇的燃料凝胶的刚性增加增加了屈服应力,允许火箭快速加速。 基于固化乙醇而不是昂贵的石油衍生物质的低成本生物燃料降低了体积火箭发射的成本,降低了进入轨道的成本,并提供了更安全的探空火箭飞行到太空。 所得到的生凝胶可进一步与交联化合物和水混合以形成更硬的材料。 或者,所得到的生凝胶可以用液氮冷冻。