Propellant injector allowing propellant to be discharged while ensuring uniform injection

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10655565-B2
Application number	US-201615554464-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 2, 2016
Priority date	Mar 5, 2015
Publication date	May 19, 2020
Grant date	May 19, 2020

Abstract

An injector of a propellant combustion member, the injector including a first feed and a second feed; the first feed being connected to a plurality of feed chimneys arranged around a longitudinal axis; the second feed being configured so as to feed an injection chamber; and the injection chamber being connected to a plurality of feed sheaths with injection orifices, each feed chimney being surrounded by a coaxial feed sheath; the injector including a takeoff chamber connected to a takeoff duct for taking off the second propellant, the takeoff chamber being arranged in such a manner as to take off the second liquid propellant from the injection chamber; and it is configured to achieve uniform injection of the second propellant via the injection orifices.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An injector of a propellant combustion member, the injector comprising:
a first feed adapted to feed a first liquid propellant; and
a second feed adapted to feed a second liquid propellant;
the first feed being connected to a plurality of feed chimneys arranged around an ignition tube presenting a longitudinal axis, said feed chimneys extending along said longitudinal axis;
the second feed being configured so as to deliver a uniform flow of liquid into an injection chamber; and
said injection chamber being connected to a plurality of feed sheaths with injection orifices, each feed chimney being surrounded by a coaxial feed sheath so that the feed chimneys and the feed sheaths are fed in parallel respectively with the first and second propellants;
wherein the injector further comprises a takeoff chamber connected to a takeoff duct for taking off the second propellant, said takeoff chamber being arranged in such a manner as to take off the second liquid propellant from the injection chamber;
wherein the injector is configured to achieve uniform injection of the second propellant via the injection orifices;
wherein the takeoff chamber is connected to the injection chamber via a plurality of takeoff channels opening out into the injection chamber in a regular distribution around the longitudinal axis so that liquid takeoff from the injection chamber via the takeoff channels allows the second propellant to be injected uniformly via the injection orifices;
wherein the injection chamber extends in the longitudinal direction defined by the longitudinal axis between a top face and a bottom face; and
wherein said takeoff channels are arranged in the top face of the injection chamber, while the injection orifices are arranged in a bottom portion of the injection chamber, said bottom portion extending over two-thirds of the height of the injection chamber measured in the longitudinal direction from the bottom face of the injection chamber.

2. The injector according to claim 1 , wherein the first feed is connected to the plurality of feed chimneys via a primary injection ring configured in such a manner as to feed said feed chimneys uniformly with the first propellant.

3. The injector according to claim 2 , wherein the primary injection ring is arranged around the takeoff chamber.

4. The injector according to claim 1 , wherein the second feed is connected to the injection chamber via a secondary injection ring configured so as to feed the injection chamber with the second propellant in uniform manner.

5. The injector according to claim 1 , wherein said feed chimneys are arranged in symmetric manner relative to the longitudinal axis.

6. The injector according to claim 1 , formed by an injector head and an injector plate, the injector head being made as a single piece by additive fabrication.

Assignees

• Arianegroup Sas

Inventors

• Le Cras Jean-Luc
• Delahaye Olivier
• Guichard Didier
• Cruz Carlos
• Humbert Erwan

Classifications

• F02K9/44

  Feeding propellants · CPC title

• F02K9/52 Primary

  Injectors · CPC title

• F23R3/36

  Supply of different fuels · CPC title

• F23C2700/02

  Combustion apparatus using liquid fuel · CPC title

• F02K9/42

  using liquid or gaseous propellants (F02K9/72 takes precedence) · CPC title