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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 12, 2024
Filed:
Aug. 04, 2023
Venus Aerospace Corp, Houston, TX (US);
Ali Moradi, Houston, TX (US);
Hannah McCallum, Houston, TX (US);
William Thomas Ross, Houston, TX (US);
Vishal Doshi, Houston, TX (US);
Eric Wernimont, Houston, TX (US);
Andrew Duggleby, Houston, TX (US);
VENUS AEROSPACE CORP, Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
Disclosed is a method for initiating startup of a rocket engine configured to run on a liquid fuel and liquid hydrogen peroxide, including the steps of: initially decomposing the liquid hydrogen peroxide by passing the liquid hydrogen peroxide through a catalyst bed; passing decomposition products from the catalyst bed to a reaction chamber of the rocket engine and mixing the decomposition products with the liquid fuel to initiate detonation. Once detonation is initiated, the liquid HOand liquid fuel are passed directly to a reaction chamber of the rocket, bypassing the catalyst bed. A rocket system includes a rocket engine having an initial ignition circuit having a catalyst bed sized to support decomposition of liquid HOfor initial reaction with the liquid fuel. The rocket engine, upon initial ignition, is configured to run on liquid fuel and liquid HOwithout first passing the liquid HOthrough the catalyst bed.