STEAM-WATER DRIVEN ROCKET ENGINE Russian patent published in 2006 - IPC F02K9/80 

FIELD: manufacture of rocket engines.

SUBSTANCE: the steam-water-driven rocket engine uses superheated water as a power carrier and a working matter. The water is heated by heaters built in the engine structure or by outer heaters to highly supercritical temperatures, the engine consists of a water chamber and a nozzle head, an expansion channel is installed in the water chamber, the channel is coupled to the nozzle head with a thrust control device, which is positioned in the engine head section, and the nozzles past the critical section feature supercritical parameters with a non-isentropic mode of efflux.

EFFECT: reduced cost, enhanced adaptability to manufacture and enhanced convenience of use.

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