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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8161726 | Cooling exchanger duct A method for using a heat exchange system in operating equipment in which a working fluid is utilized in providing selected operations thereof, including for use in lubricating systems for aircraft turbofan engine equipment, the heat exchange system for providing ai... | 04/24/2012 |
| 7350359 | Method for utilizing gas reserves with low methane concentrations and high inert gas concentrations for fueling gas turbines The invention is directed to a method of fueling gas turbines from natural gas reserves with relatively low methane concentrations. The invention uses such reserves to generate electric power. The invention permits the use of these reserves at significantly lower co... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7260926 | Thermal management system for an aircraft A fuel based thermal management system includes a fuel stabilization system which permits the fuel to exceed the traditional coking temperatures. High temperature components are arranged along the fuel flow path such that even at the higher operating temperatures th... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7128005 | Non-polluting high temperature combustion system Disclosed is a non-polluting high temperature combustion system which comprises in combination a graphite-lined combustion chamber fueled by a controlled-burn thermite fuel, wherein the fuel burns a temperature of up to 6000 degrees Fahrenheit, wherein the resulting... | 10/31/2006 |
| 6968673 | Cool gas generator and ultra-safe rocket engine A gas generator or rocket engine includes: a first storage tank configured to contain a high-pressure liquid propellant; a nozzle connected to the first storage tank; a heat source connected between the first storage tank and the nozzle and configured to add heat to... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6931832 | Monopropellant combustion system An apparatus and method are provided for decomposition of a propellant. The propellant includes an ionic salt and an additional fuel. Means are provided for decomposing a major portion of the ionic salt. Means are provided for combusting the additional fuel and deco... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6918243 | Bi-propellant injector with flame-holding zone igniter A bi-propellant injector (66) includes a first injector element (68) and a second injector element (70) injecting a first propellant (69) and a second propellant (71), respectively, into a combustion chamber (53). A flame-ho... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6907737 | Method for utilizing gas reserves with low methane concentrations and high inert gas concentrations for fueling gas turbines The invention is directed to a method of fueling gas turbines from natural gas reserves with relatively low methane concentrations. The invention uses such reserves to generate electric power. The invention permits the use of these reserves at significantly lower co... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6832471 | Expander cycle rocket engine with staged combustion and heat exchange In a supersonic nozzle incorporating injectors and a combustion chamber as part of an expander cycle rocket engine, the oxidizer is injected in two streams. One of the streams, preferably a small fraction of the total, is injected into an upstream or preburner secti... | 12/21/2004 |
| 6698184 | Thrust chamber assembly Thrust-chamber assembly has an expansion nozzle and a combustion-chamber wall, to which an ejector head is affixed. The part of the combustion-chamber wall adjacent to the injector head comprising a precombustion-chamber wall, in which the combustible mat... | 03/02/2004 |
| 6532729 | Shelf truncated chevron exhaust nozzle for reduction of exhaust noise and infrared (IR) signature An exhaust nozzle includes an annular exhaust duct for discharging exhaust from an aft end thereof. Circumferentially adjoining chevrons extend from the duct aft end around only an arcuate portion thereof leaving a plain arcuate shelf between terminal one... | 03/18/2003 |
| 5487267 | Suppression of infrared radiation emissions from jet engines A reduction in the emission of infrared radiation by the engine of a jet aircraft can be achieved by employing a low molecular weight monohydric alcohol, having a luminometer number of at least about 200 as at least a portion of the fuel. Additional reduc... | 01/30/1996 |
| 5267437 | Dual mode rocket engine Disclosed is a rocket engine having a low operating mode in which propellants are provided to the combustion chamber by the combined effect of boost pumps and the pressure differential between the propellant tanks and the combustion chamber, and a high op... | 12/07/1993 |
| 5236152 | Cooling/fuel system for hypersonic flight The present invention provides for the integration of structural cooling and fuel treatment within hypersonic vehicles. This is achieved by channeling a hydrocarbon fuel to a portion of the aircraft structure and imparting via the heat sink effect suffici... | 08/17/1993 |
| 4841723 | Multiple-propellant air vehicle and propulsion system A propulsion system and method having means for cooling the combustor liner and throat liner of a rocket casing by endothermic pyrolysis of a hydrocarbon fuel in the fuel passageway which is adjacent to and surrounding the combustor liner and the throat l... | 06/27/1989 |
| 4835959 | Multiple-propellant air vehicle and propulsion system In a propulsion system which includes a rocket casing having a combustor chamber with a combustor liner and a nozzle throat chamber with a nozzle throat liner; a fuel passageway adjacent to and surrounding the combustor liner and nozzle throat liner which... | 06/06/1989 |
| 4811556 | Multiple-propellant air vehicle and propulsion system A propulsion system which utilizes hydrocarbon and hydrogen fuel, having means for cooling of the combustor liner and throat liner of a rocket casing by endothermic pyrolysis of the hydrocarbon in the presence of hydrogen in the fuel passageway. The hydro... | 03/14/1989 |
| 4707980 | Power production process that reduces acid rain The specification discloses a method and apparatus for generating electricity which substantially eliminates the problem of acid rain as well as the problems associated with nuclear and hydroelectric power. Scrap aluminum and ferric oxide are reacted in a... | 11/24/1987 |
