Patent ID: 6674781
Filing Date: 2004-01-06
Classification: H01S

Abstract:
A method of providing fuel to a chemical oxygen-iodine laser (COIL) apparatus, comprisingreacting a vapor-phase hydrogen peroxide solution with a liquid-phase aqueous solution of LiOCl-rich LiOCl/LiCl to form a aqueous LiCl-rich LiOCl/LiCl solution and singlet delta oxygen; supplying the singlet delta oxygen to the COIL apparatus; separating exhaust of the COIL apparatus into a I2/N2 stream, a water/O2 stream, and an oxygen stream; recycling the I2/N2 stream to the COIL apparatus; removing a portion of the water from the LiCl-rich LiOCl/LiCl solution; reacting the water/O2 stream with the water removed from the LiCl-rich LiOCl/LiCl solution to form hydrogen peroxide; oxidizing the LiCl-rich LiOCl/LiCl solution with the oxygen from the oxygen stream within an electrolytic cell to form the LiOCl-rich LiOCl/LiCl solution; and vaporizing the hydrogen peroxide solution prior to again react the hydrogen peroxide solution with the LiOCl-rich LiOCl/LiCl.