Method and system for fueling a closed cycle chemical oxygen iodine laser

A system for supplying fuel to a chemical oxygen-iodine laser (COIL) apparatus, comprising

• a liquid-gas reactor which reacts LiOCl from an LiOCl-rich LiOCl/LiCl solution and H2O2 from a hydrogen peroxide solution to produce singlet delta oxygen O2(1Δ) and a by-product LiCl-rich LiOCl/LiCl solution, and which provides the singlet delta oxygen as fuel to the COIL apparatus;
• a gas separator which receives spent fuel by-products from the COIL apparatus and separates the spent fuel into a I2/N2 stream, a O2/H2O stream, and a O2 stream, and which recycles the I2/N2 stream to the COIL apparatus;
• an evaporator which receives and removes water from the LiCl-rich LiCl/LiOCl stream from the liquid-gas reactor;
• a peroxide reactor, which receives the O2/H2O stream from the gas separator and water from the evaporator and yields a H2O2 solution stream;
• a peroxide boiler which receives the H2O2 solution stream from the peroxide reactor and vaporizes the solution, thereafter supplying the vaporized solution to the gas-liquid reactor;
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• an oxidation reactor which receives the LiCl-rich LiCl/LiOCl solution from the evaporator and oxidizes a portion of the LiCl therein with O2 from the gas separator, thereafter supplying the resulting LiOCl-rich LiCl/LiOCl solution to the gas-liquid reactor.