Patent · US Expired

Recycling system for a chemical laser system

US7035307B2 · kind B2 · utility

1Cited by
33References
20Claims
0Family size

Assignee

Inventors

Key dates

Filing dateDec 16, 2003
Grant dateApr 25, 2006
Priority date
Expiry dateSep 28, 2024

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01S3/095
  • WIPO fieldMaterials, metallurgy
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A method for collecting, reprocessing, and recycling chemical species used in the operation of a chemical oxygen-iodine laser system, especially a space-based system, is described. The method primarily includes: (1) collecting an amount of spent basic hydrogen peroxide containing aqueous potassium chloride; (2) converting the aqueous potassium chloride into water, molecular hydrogen, molecular chlorine, and aqueous potassium hydroxide; (3) combining the water and molecular hydrogen with an amount of molecular oxygen from the molecular oxygen source to form aqueous hydrogen peroxide; and (4) mixing the aqueous hydrogen peroxide with the aqueous potassium hydroxide to form basic hydrogen peroxide.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.