Combustion chamber for rocket engine
AssigneeDeutsches Zentrum fuer Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V.
InventorsOskar Haidn, Hermann Hald, Michael Lezuo, Peter Winkelmann
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Abstract
In order to provide a combustion chamber, in particular for a rocket engine, comprising a combustion area, an inner shell surrounding the combustion area, an outer shell surrounding the inner shell and coolant passages formed between the inner shell and the outer shell, the casing of which has an improved thermal stability and an increased mechanical bearing strength, it is suggested in accordance with the invention that the outer shell be formed from a fibrous ceramic material and the inner shell be formed from a fibrous ceramic material or from graphite.
Claims22
A combustion chamber comprising:
- a combustion area,
- an inner shell surrounding the combustion area,
- an outer shell surrounding the inner shell, and
- coolant passages formed between the inner shell and the outer shell,
- wherein the inner shell is formed from one of:
- (i) graphite and (ii) a fibrous ceramic material comprising carbon fiber-reinforced carbon consisting of carbon fibers embedded in a carbon matrix.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.