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Liquid Rocket Engine with Hybrid Electric Motor Driven PumpA nuclear thermal rocket with a superconducting electric motor driven boost pump submerged within a tank of liquid hydrogen, where the boost pump is driven by both an electric motor and a turbine. The boost pump can be submerged in liquid hydrogen so that the electric motor operates as a superconducting motor. Also, a turbopump for a rocket engine can include both a turbine and an electric motor to drive the liquid oxidizer and liquid fuel pumps of the turbopump.
Document ID
20180003628
Acquisition Source
Headquarters
Document Type
Other - Patent
Authors
Pinera, Alejandro
Miller, Timothy J
Date Acquired
June 29, 2018
Publication Date
May 8, 2018
Subject Category
Spacecraft Propulsion And Power
Report/Patent Number
Patent Application Number: US-Patent-Appl-SN-14/548,598
Patent Number: US-Patent-9,964,073
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NNX14CC39P
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.
Patent
US-Patent-9,964,073
Patent Application
US-Patent-Appl-SN-14/548,598

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