Patent ID: 11927152
Assignee: SIERRA SPACE CORPORATION
Field: Engines, pumps, turbines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC F | IPC F

Claim 11:
12. A method of a vortex thruster system, comprising:
delivering a monopropellant into a catalyst bed housing of the vortex thruster system to form a decomposed monopropellant, the catalyst bed housing containing a catalyst bed and having an outlet configured to allow the decomposed monopropellant to be dispensed from the catalyst bed housing for generating at least one thrust level;
delivering a first portion of the decomposed monopropellant into a vortex combustion chamber of the vortex thruster system, the first portion of the decomposed monopropellant being delivered from an annular chamber downstream from the outlet of the catalyst bed housing, the annular chamber extending along a sidewall of the vortex combustion chamber;
delivering a second portion of the decomposed monopropellant into the vortex combustion chamber, the second portion of the decomposed monopropellant being delivered from a proximal chamber positioned upstream from the annular chamber and along a proximal wall of the vortex combustion chamber, the proximal chamber positioned downstream from the outlet of the catalyst bed housing for receiving the second portion of the decomposed monopropellant dispensed from the catalyst bed housing, the second portion delivered into a combustion zone extending along the longitudinal axis of the vortex combustion chamber; and
generating, as a result of the delivered first portion and second portion of the decomposed monopropellant, the at least one thrust level.