Thermal catalytic ignition system for airborne applications

A power source is provided for a resistive heating element that heats a catalyst bed of a reactor that receives a monopropellant fuel and reacts the fuel in the presence of the catalyst bed to provide hot gas driving a turbine. The power source is a capacitor that discharges its charge across the re...

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Hauptverfasser:	JOHNSON RUSS, KOERNER MIKE S, KAISER MARK
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	AMMUNITION APPARATUS FOR LAUNCHING PROJECTILES OR MISSILES FROM BARRELS,e.g. CANNONS BLASTING COMBUSTION APPARATUS COMBUSTION PROCESSES EXPLOSIVE CHARGES, e.g. FOR BLASTING, FIREWORKS, AMMUNITION EXTINGUISHING-DEVICES HARPOON GUNS HEATING IGNITION LAUNCHERS FOR ROCKETS OR TORPEDOES LIGHTING MECHANICAL ENGINEERING WEAPONS
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Zusammenfassung:	A power source is provided for a resistive heating element that heats a catalyst bed of a reactor that receives a monopropellant fuel and reacts the fuel in the presence of the catalyst bed to provide hot gas driving a turbine. The power source is a capacitor that discharges its charge across the resistive heating element so that its temperature is elevated to a point where the reaction of the monopropellant fuel occurs. The power source may be used in airborne applications, such as emergency power systems for aircraft, where it is desirable to minimize the weight of the unit and to allow the unit to use safer monopropellant fuels.