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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 29, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 24, 2014
Applicant:
Lockheed Martin Corporation, Bethesda, MD (US);
Inventors:
Larry D. Knauer, Littleton, CO (US);
Edward A. Pierson, Littleton, CO (US);
Vadim Khayms, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Assignee:
Lockheed Martin Corporation, Bethesda, MD (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F03H 1/00 (2006.01); B64G 1/40 (2006.01); F02K 9/52 (2006.01); F02K 9/68 (2006.01); F02K 9/26 (2006.01); F02K 9/95 (2006.01); F02K 9/94 (2006.01); F02K 9/82 (2006.01); F02K 9/60 (2006.01); F02K 9/44 (2006.01); F02K 9/42 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64G 1/406 (2013.01); F02K 9/26 (2013.01); F02K 9/42 (2013.01); F02K 9/44 (2013.01); F02K 9/52 (2013.01); F02K 9/60 (2013.01); F02K 9/68 (2013.01); F02K 9/82 (2013.01); F02K 9/94 (2013.01); F02K 9/95 (2013.01); F03H 1/00 (2013.01); F03H 1/0006 (2013.01); F03H 1/0012 (2013.01); F03H 1/0025 (2013.01); F03H 1/0081 (2013.01); F03H 1/0087 (2013.01); F03H 1/0093 (2013.01);
Abstract
Specific impulse and rocket engine efficiency can be improved by injecting reactants, e.g., a propellant combination or a monopropellant and a catalyst, into a plasma flow of a rocket engine. In some aspects, a catalyst or a propellant is carried by plasma formed by passing a flow of a feed gas through an electrical arc. In some aspects, reactants are combusted in supersonic plasma flow to generate combustion ionization in the plasma flow.