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US 4,903,479 AGranted
Radiation augmented energy storage system
AssigneeRockwell International Corporation
InventorKarl O. Christe
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Abstract
This invention relates to an improved method of storing solar radiation energy in a spacecraft and using it with high efficiency for space propulsion.
Claims2
A method of converting radiation energy into chemical energy to produce a high-performance propellant, said method comprising:
- (a) Photolytically converting oxygen to ozone;
- (b) storing and stabilizing the ozone in liquid oxygen to form an ozone/liquid oxygen solution;
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- (c) combusting the ozone/liquid oxygen solution with hydrogen.
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