Injection device for liquid rocket

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11629670-B2
Application number	US-202117516465-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 1, 2021
Priority date	Nov 6, 2020
Publication date	Apr 18, 2023
Grant date	Apr 18, 2023

Abstract

An injection device for injecting an oxidizer for a liquid rocket includes a housing, a plate disposed inside the housing and having an injection hole to eject an oxidizer, a duct disposed above the plate to guide the oxidizer, and a manifold with one end connected to the injection hole of the plate and the other end connected to the duct, wherein the oxidizer may be distributed to the injection hole at an equal flow rate.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An injection device for injecting an oxidizer for a liquid rocket, the injection device comprising:
a housing;
a plate disposed inside the housing and having a plurality of injection holes to eject an oxidizer;
a duct disposed above the plate to guide the oxidizer; and
a manifold comprising a plurality of tubes that each have a first end connected to only one respective injection hole of the plurality of injection holes and a second end directly connected to the duct at a location above the housing,
a spark plug disposed in a center of the plate to ignite fuel and the oxidizer,
wherein the plurality of tubes comprise at least two tubes having different lengths, and wherein the oxidizer is distributed to the injection hole at an equal flow rate,
wherein the plurality of injection holes are arranged around the spark plug,
wherein the plurality of tubes comprises a first tube group and a second tube group, and
the first tube group is disposed on a first side of the spark plug and the second tube group is disposed on a second side opposite to the first side, wherein the spark plug is centered between the first tube group and the second tube group.

2. The injection device of claim 1 , wherein a longitudinal direction of each injection hole and a longitudinal direction of the duct are arranged non-parallel, and the plurality of tubes are curved and connected from the plurality of injection holes to the duct.

3. The injection device of claim 1 , wherein each tube of the plurality of tubes comprises a reinforcing member disposed at the first end of the respective tube.

4. The injection device of claim 1 , wherein the housing is provided in the shape of a cylinder with a hollow inside, the plate is disposed in a central portion of the housing, and a tapered slope is formed from an upper side of the housing toward the plate.

5. The injection device of claim 1 , wherein the housing, the plate, the duct and the manifold are integrally manufactured by a 3D printer.

Assignees

• Korea Aerospace Res Inst

Inventors

• Lee Keum Oh
• Lim Byoung Jik
• Lee Kee Joo

Classifications

• F05D2260/99

  Ignition, e.g. ignition by warming up of fuel or oxidizer in a resonant acoustic cavity · CPC title

• B33Y80/00 Primary

  Products made by additive manufacturing · CPC title

• F02K9/52 Primary

  Injectors · CPC title

• F02K9/60

  Constructional parts; Details not otherwise provided for · CPC title

• F02K9/95

  characterised by starting or ignition means or arrangements (safety devices F02K9/38) · CPC title