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Patent No.:

US 11697780 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Jul. 11, 2023

Filed:

Mar. 07, 2022

Decahydronaphthalene as an endothermic fuel for hypersonic vehicles

Applicant:

Reaction Systems Inc., Golden, CO (US);

Inventors:

Bradley Dean Hitch, Golden, CO (US);

David Thomas Wickham, Lafayette, CO (US);

Jeffrey Robert Engel, Golden, CO (US);

Jacquelyn Brett Lewis, Denver, CO (US);

Assignee:

Reaction Systems, Inc., Golden, CO (US);

Attorney:

Leydig, Voit & Mayer, Ltd.

Primary Examiner:

Ellen M McAvoy

Assistant Examiner:

Chantel L Graham

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02C 3/24 (2006.01); F23R 3/40 (2006.01); F23K 5/08 (2006.01); F02K 7/14 (2006.01); C10L 1/02 (2006.01); C10L 1/04 (2006.01); C10L 1/10 (2006.01); C10L 1/16 (2006.01); C10L 1/182 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C10L 1/1608 (2013.01); C10L 1/1824 (2013.01); F02C 3/24 (2013.01); F23K 5/08 (2013.01); F23R 3/40 (2013.01); C10L 2200/04 (2013.01); C10L 2270/04 (2013.01); F02K 7/14 (2013.01);
Abstract

Endothermic fuel compositions comprising 50% or more by volume decahydronaphthalene, including cis-decahydronaphthalene, trans-decahydronaphthalene or a mixture thereof, for use as endothermic fuels in hypersonic vehicles and particularly for use in dual-mode ramjet or supersonic combustion ramjet air breathing engines. Methods for operating a ramjet or scram jet engine wherein the endothermic fuel is used for cooling the combustor and for combustion in the combustor.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Hitch, Bradley. (2023). Decahydronaphthalene as an endothermic fuel for hypersonic vehicles (U.S. Patent No. 11697780). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/11697780

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