Abstract: Endothermic fuel compositions comprising 50% or more by volume decahydronaphthalene, including cis-decahydronaphthalene, trans-decahydronaphthalene or a mixture thereof, for use as endothermic fuels in hypersonic vehicles and particularly for use in dual-mode ramjet or supersonic combustion ramjet air breathing engines. Methods for operating a ramjet or scram jet engine wherein the endothermic fuel is used for cooling the combustor and for combustion in the combustor.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 7, 2022
Date of Patent:
July 11, 2023
Assignee:
Reaction Systems, Inc.
Inventors:
Bradley Dean Hitch, David Thomas Wickham, Jeffrey Robert Engel, Jacquelyn Brett Lewis
Abstract: Endothermic fuel compositions comprising 50% or more by volume decahydronaphthalene, including cis-decahydronaphthalene, trans-decahydronaphthalene or a mixture thereof, for use as fuels in hypersonic vehicles and particularly for use in dual-mode ramjet or supersonic combustion ramjet air breathing engines.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
February 15, 2019
Date of Patent:
September 7, 2021
Assignee:
Reaction Systems Inc.
Inventors:
Bradley Dean Hitch, David Thomas Wickham, Jeffrey Robert Engel, Jacquelyn Brett Lewis