Chemical-electromagnetic hybrid propeller with variable specific impulse
US9394889B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 7, 2013 |
| Grant date | Jul 19, 2016 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 20, 2033 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
- CPC primaryF03H1/0093
- WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A chemical-electromagnetic hybrid propeller with variable specific impulse. Fuel gas ejected out from a spraying tube of the chemical propeller through chemical propulsion enters an ionization chamber through a first magnetic mirror tube for ionization. The fuel gas after ionization is heated up by radio-frequency ion cyclotron waves in an ion cyclotron wave heating chamber so as to improve the kinetic energy. Then a second magnetic mirror tube is used, so that ions in the fuel gas after the ionization are heated up many times in a reciprocating manner between the magnetic mirror tubes, and ejected to generate forward propulsion force. By means of the propeller, the propulsion force and the specific impulse are greatly increased.
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