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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 24, 2008
Filed:
Jul. 06, 2005
Applicants:
Robert B. Fowler, Jupiter, FL (US);
Claude R. Joyner, North Palm Beach, FL (US);
Inventors:
Robert B. Fowler, Jupiter, FL (US);
Claude R. Joyner, North Palm Beach, FL (US);
Assignee:
United Technologies Corporation, Hartford, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02K 9/42 (2006.01); F02K 9/48 (2006.01); F02K 9/68 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A process and a system for delivering a propellant combination to a rocket engine is described. The process comprises the steps of providing a flow of a hydrocarbon propellant fuel, raising the pressure of the hydrocarbon propellant fuel, cracking the hydrocarbon propellant fuel in a cracker, introducing the cracked hydrocarbon propellant fuel into a combustion chamber of the rocket engine and introducing an oxidizer into the combustion chamber. A system for performing the process is also described.