RU2201527C2 - Photo engine - Google Patents

Abstract

FIELD: aviation and spacecraft. SUBSTANCE: proposed engine contains housing and powerful pulse laser whose beam is directed to base of cone of prism made of quartz glass and is divided into two beams which reflect from inner mirrors of said prism and pass in reverse side as compared with initial incidence of beam after which beams get to side mirrors and, reflecting from guide mirrors, pass outwards into surrounding space through holes in which output glasses are fitted. According to other design version, engines is provided with additional housing which accommodates turbofan to deliver atmospheric air. Said air, through turbocompressor, filter, and automatic valve in housing base cools laser by passing through air aftercompression chamber and automatic valve and gets to generator turbine. Then air passes to nozzle consisting of great number of orifices and is discharged outwards into sorrounding space as additional propelling force, thus creating reactive thrust. EFFECT: possibility of creating new engine for high speed space and aerospace craft and aircraft of vertical takeoff and landing. 3 cl, 2 dwg

Description

 The invention is intended for use in aviation and astronautics.

 Known photon engine, consisting of the main body and a powerful pulsed laser, the rays of which enter through the outlet openings into the surrounding space, creating a driving force (see Corlies UR Rocket engines for space flights. M., Publishing House of Foreign Literature, 1962, p. .421-429, Fig. 142).

 A disadvantage of the known engine is insufficient power.

 The technical result to which the present invention is directed is to increase engine power.

 The technical result is achieved in that in a photon engine consisting of a main body and a high-power pulsed laser, the rays of which exit through the output openings into the surrounding space, creating a driving force, the laser beam is initially directed to a diamond crystal or to the base of a cone of a triangular prism, reflected from internal the mirrors of which it is converted into two beams, which go in the opposite direction of the initial incidence of the beam, and then to the side mirrors and through the guide mirrors to the exit.

 The technical result is achieved in that in a photon engine consisting of a main body and a high-power pulsed laser, the rays of which exit through the output openings into the surrounding space, creating a driving force, the laser beam is initially directed to a diamond crystal or to the base of a cone of a triangular prism, reflected from internal the mirrors of which it is converted into two beams, which go in the opposite direction of the initial incidence of the beam, and then to the side mirrors and through the guide mirrors to the exit, contains an additional a housing in which a turbofan for supplying air from the atmosphere, a turbocompressor, a filter, a first automatic valve, a laser cooling system, an air compression chamber, a second automatic valve, a generator turbine and a nozzle consisting of a plurality of nozzles through which air is discharged into the surrounding air, are arranged in series space, creating additional driving force.

 Figure 1 shows a diagram of a first embodiment of the engine.

 Figure 2 shows a diagram of a second variant of the engine.

 The first variant of the photon engine (Fig. 1) consists of a metal casing 1 and a heavy-duty alloy, for example, titanium. In the housing there is a pulsed laser 2 with a certain pulse repetition frequency, for example, a CO-laser based on copper vapor, or another pulsed high-power laser or several lasers to increase the power of movement. The engine also contains a triangular prism 3 made of quartz glass (or diamond), fixed with fasteners 4, side mirrors 5 and guide mirrors 6. The laser is firmly fixed with fasteners 7. A space vacuum through valve 8 is used to cool the laser. The rays go outside into the surrounding space through openings glasses 9.

 The second version of the photon engine (Fig. 2) contains an additional housing 10 in which a turbofan 11 for supplying air from the atmosphere is located before moving to the upper atmosphere to create additional driving force, a turbocompressor 12 for injecting air under pressure.

 The engine comprises a first automatic valve 14, an air pressure chamber 16, a second automatic valve 15, a turbine 17 located at the rear of the engine, and a rotating generator 18 as an additional laser power source and nozzle 19.

 Engines work as follows.

 The laser beam falls on the base of the prism cone (or on the diamond crystal) and is divided into two beams, reflected from the internal mirrors of this prism, the rays go in the opposite direction of the laser beam incidence, after which the rays fall on the side mirrors or, bypassing them, exit through the exit openings glass 9 out into the atmosphere, creating a driving force.

 In the second version of the engine, the turbofan 11 before entering the upper atmosphere provides air to the engine to create additional driving force. Turbocharger 12 is designed to inject air under pressure. Next, the cleaned air enters through the automatic valve 14 into the main body 1, cools the laser, and then enters, expanding, into the pressure chamber 16 through the automatic valve 15 to the turbine 17 located at the rear of the engine, rotating the generator 18, as an additional laser power source. The main sources of laser power are solar panels or other powerful sources of electricity. The air rotating the generator turbine enters the nozzle 19, which consists of many nozzles with valves that partially block the outflow of air, then the air is released into the atmosphere, creating an additional driving force, jet thrust.

 The main condition for the functioning of the emitter as an engine is the possibility of transmitting momentum during the emission of photons into the surrounding space (Korliss UR Rocket engines for space flights. M., Publishing House of Foreign Literature, 1962, p. 36, 37).

 The main source of electricity for the production of a photon engine can be a nuclear or thermonuclear reactor, and in the future, when creating powerful lasers, it is possible to use an engine for interstellar flights.

 The invention allows to develop a new engine for creating high-speed space and aerospace aircraft and high-speed aircraft, new types of aircraft for vertical take-off and landing.

Claims (2)

 1. A photon engine consisting of a main body and a high-power pulsed laser, the rays of which exit through the outlet openings into the surrounding space, creating a driving force, characterized in that the laser beam is initially directed to a diamond crystal or to the base of a cone of a triangular prism, reflected from internal mirrors which it is converted into two beams that go in the opposite direction of the initial incidence of the beam, and then to the side mirrors and through the guide mirrors to the exit.  2. A photon engine consisting of a main body and a high-power pulsed laser, the rays of which exit through the outlet openings into the surrounding space, creating a driving force, characterized in that the laser beam is initially directed to a diamond crystal or to the base of a cone of a triangular prism, reflected from internal mirrors of which it is converted into two beams that go in the opposite direction of the initial incidence of the beam, and then to the side mirrors and through the exit mirrors, contains an additional housing in which The turbofan for supplying air from the atmosphere, a turbocompressor, a filter, a first automatic valve, a laser cooling system, an air compression chamber, a second automatic valve, a generator turbine and a nozzle consisting of a plurality of nozzles through which air is discharged into the surrounding space, are placed next to create an additional moving force.

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