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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 15, 2016
Filed:
Jan. 08, 2014
Applicant:
Pioneer Astronautics, Lakewood, CO (US);
Inventors:
Robert M. Zubrin, Golden, CO (US);
David Kenneth Strott, Lakewood, CO (US);
Anthony Muscatello, Rockledge, FL (US);
Nicholas F. Jameson, Cedar Park, TX (US);
Emily Bostwick-White, Wheat Ridge, CO (US);
Assignee:
PIONEER ASTRONAUTICS, Lakewood, CO (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01J 8/02 (2006.01); C01B 13/02 (2006.01); C01B 21/02 (2006.01); C06B 47/04 (2006.01); C06D 5/04 (2006.01); B01J 7/00 (2006.01); B01J 23/42 (2006.01); B01J 23/46 (2006.01); B01J 23/72 (2006.01); B01J 23/755 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B01J 8/0285 (2013.01); B01J 7/00 (2013.01); C01B 13/0203 (2013.01); C01B 21/02 (2013.01); C06B 47/04 (2013.01); C06D 5/04 (2013.01); B01J 23/42 (2013.01); B01J 23/46 (2013.01); B01J 23/464 (2013.01); B01J 23/72 (2013.01); B01J 23/755 (2013.01); Y02C 20/10 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods and devices for generating gas from nitrous oxide are provided as well as downstream uses for the product gas. Reactor devices of the invention are compact and incorporate a novel heat-exchange/regenerative cooling system to optimize NO decomposition and reactor durability.