Method of and apparatus for generating hydrogen and projectile accelerating apparatus and method incorporating same
US5012719A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 12, 1987 |
| Grant date | May 7, 1991 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 12, 2007 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY02E60/36
- WIPO fieldMaterials, metallurgy
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A projectile is accelerated through a barrel by a high pressure hydrogen gas jet that is derived by exothermically reacting water or a water-hydrogen peroxide liquid mixture with metal or a metal hydride. The temperature of the reaction is controlled by controlling the power in a plasma discharge applied to a reaction chamber containing the liquid and particles of the metal or metal hydride. A non-vaporous metal oxide resulting from the reaction is centrifugally separated from the hydrogen that drives the projectile.
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