METHOD OF ORGANIZATION OF WORKING PROCESS OF LIQUID-PROPELLANT ROCKET ENGINE AND LIQUID- PROPELLANT ROCKET ENGINE FOR REALIZATION OF THIS METHOD Russian patent published in 2001 - IPC

FIELD: liquid-propellant rocket engines. SUBSTANCE: proposed method includes preheating effected due to supply of thermal power of thermocatalytic decomposition chamber, delivery of liquid propellant to end section of chamber through propellant delivery unit, decomposition of rocket propellant in thermocatalytic pack and efflux of decomposition products through gas-dynamic nozzle. After delivery of propellant to chamber, it is preliminarily evaporated and propellant vapor is fed to thermocatalytic pack. Liquid-propellant engine has decomposition chamber with thermocatalytic pack, propellant delivery unit adjoining the chamber bottom and gas-dynamic nozzle. Mounted in chamber between propellant delivery unit and thermocatalytic pack is evaporator made from catalytically inert permeable conducting material with current leads. EFFECT: improved specific characteristics at low thermal losses; increased service life; enhanced reliability and operational stability. 7 cl, 3 dwg