Topic
Steam rocket
About: Steam rocket is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 6 publications have been published within this topic receiving 14 citations.
Papers
Patent•
10 Oct 2002
TL;DR: In this paper, a three-stage cryogenic unit with liquid-propellant jet engines and taper compartment with crew cabin inside it was used for the launch of a rocket.
Abstract: manufacture of rockets. SUBSTANCE: rocket includes three-stage cryogenic unit with liquid-propellant jet engines and taper compartment with crew cabin inside it. Rocket has steel case with double floor forming reservoir with jet nozzles provided with gates. Arranged inside case are nuclear reactor, water tank, receiver and rotor engine performing functions of compressor and liquid pump. EFFECT: extended range of capabilities. 6 cl, 6 dwg
2 citations
Patent•
19 Dec 2017
TL;DR: In this article, an electric heat energy storage steam rocket is used to generate high-temperature and high-pressure water steam, and the steam reaches a set pressure value, a pressure control valve is opened, the water steam is discharged from a spray pipe, and power is generated to propel the rocket to be launched; the rocket lifts off, and an electricity supply falls off and is switched off.
Abstract: The invention relates to an electric heat energy storage steam rocket. According to the technical principle of the electric heat energy storage steam rocket, an electric heat energy storage block inside the electric heat rocket is connected with an electricity supply through an electricity supply wire for heating, and then, the electric heat energy storage block heats water, the water temperature is increased till high-temperature and high-pressure water steam is generated; when the steam reaches a set pressure value, a pressure control valve is opened, the water steam is discharged from a spray pipe, and power is generated to propel the rocket to be launched; the rocket lifts off, and an electricity supply falls off and is switched off (the electricity supply can be also switched off in air and an electricity supply wire is separated); and after the rocket lifts off, the electric heat energy storage block still dissipates heat to heat the water, and a large amount of the high-temperature and high-pressure water steam is generated till the rocket is propelled to the predetermined height.
1 citations
Patent•
27 Jan 2002
TL;DR: In this article, a steam rocket with a nuclear reactor has a steel heat-insulated body with the reactor active section and tapered bay, control rods and the necessary quantity of reaction nozzles made with regulating gate valves.
Abstract: astronautics. SUBSTANCE: the steam rocket with a nuclear reactor has a steel heat-insulated body with the reactor active section and tapered bay, control rods and the necessary quantity of reaction nozzles made with regulating gate valves. The passenger cabin is positioned in the tapered section on a horizontal partition, installed on the second horizontal partition is a steel heat-insulated water tank with a water conduit and air conduit connected to external stationary sources. The third horizontal partition carries a heat-insulated steel drum, air receiver and a rotor motor, whose separate sections function as pumps. The fourth section is made of high-temperature steel with heat insulation withstanding the necessary high pressure. Fastened on each side of the fourth section with the aid of steel pipes is the necessary quantity of reaction nozzles made with regulating gate valves, they are also hinged. EFFECT: simplified construction of the rocket and enhanced reliability of launching. 1 cl, 4 dwg _
1 citations
Patent•
22 Aug 2002
TL;DR: In this paper, the water flowing out of a heated boiler under high pressure via a nozzle, thus supplying the thrust which is used to start vehicles which are started on water is described.
Abstract: The invention relates to a water rocket, the water flowing out of a heated boiler under high pressure via a nozzle, thus supplying the thrust which is used to start vehicles which are started on water
TL;DR: In this article, the authors proposed to use thermal processes alone to extract water from the lunar South Pole and launch payloads to low-lunar orbit using a nuclear heated steam rocket.
Abstract: This concept proposes to use thermal processes alone to extract water from the lunar South Pole and launch payloads to low lunar orbit. Thermal steam rockets would use water propellant for space transportation. The estimated mass of a space water tanker powered by a nuclear heated steam rocket suggests it can be designed for launch in the Space Shuttle bay. The performance depends on the feasibility of a nuclear reactor rocket engine producing steam at 1,100 degrees Kelvin, with a power density of 150 Megawatts per ton of rocket, and operating for thousands of 20 minute cycles. An example uses reject heat from a small nuclear electric power supply to melt 17,800 tons per year of lunar ice. A nuclear heated steam rocket would use the propellant water to launch and deliver 3,800 tons of water per year to a 100 km low lunar orbit.
Performance Metrics
| Year | Papers |
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| 2017 | 1 |
| 2002 | 3 |
| 1998 | 1 |
| 1997 | 1 |