RU2680435C2 - Method for launching spacecrafts and device for its implementation - Google Patents

Abstract

FIELD: astronautics.SUBSTANCE: group of inventions relates to astronautics and can be used to launch spacecraft (SC). In the method of launching the SC to accelerate the SC in a closed volume of the device at the time of the explosion of the explosive contained therein 5, a vortex electric field is created by connecting placed in the internal cavity electrode 6 with the secondary winding of transformer 8, in the primary winding of which the alternating electric current is generated by generator 9. Device for launching SC contains barrel 1, cover 2, housing 3, made of a dielectric material. Cross-section of the cover 2 is narrowed in the direction of barrel 1. Electrode 6 is placed in the internal cavity of the device, connected through diode 7 to the secondary winding of transformer 8, in the primary winding of which an alternating electric current is created.EFFECT: technical result of the group of inventions is the possibility of spacecraft acceleration to cosmic velocities.2 cl, 1 dwg

Description

The invention relates to astronautics and can be used to launch spacecraft.

A known method of launching a spacecraft using a jet engine [1].

Also known is the artillery method of launching a spacecraft [2].

Known artillery, selected as a prototype.

A disadvantage of the known method and device is that the energy of the molecules of the products of the combustion reaction of the explosive is small for accelerating the projectile to cosmic speeds.

The purpose of the invention is to accelerate the spacecraft to space speeds.

The purpose of the invention is achieved by increasing the average speed of the ions of the combustion products, accelerating the spacecraft.

In fig. 1 shows a device for launching spacecraft.

The implementation of the proposed method is performed using the device shown in Fig. 1. The device comprises a barrel 1, a cover 2, a housing 3, an electrostatic protection 4, an explosive 5, an electrode 6, a diode 7, a transformer 8, a generator 9, a switch 10 and an ignition device 11. The barrel 1, the cover 2 and the housing 3 are made of dielectric material. The ignition device 11 comprises a current source 12, a transformer 13, a switch 14, and electrodes 15.

The spacecraft 16 is placed in the barrel 1. An explosive 5, an electrode 6 and the electrodes 15 of the ignition device 11 are placed in the inner cavity formed by the cover 2 and the housing 3. The electrode 6 is connected to the secondary winding of the transformer 8 through a diode 7. In addition, the electrode 6 is connected with electrostatic protection 4, inside of which there is a diode 7. The primary winding of the transformer 8 is connected to the generator 9 through the switch 10.

To start the spacecraft 16, the switches 10 and 14 are turned on simultaneously. The switch 14 turns on and turns on the current source 12 in the primary winding of the transformer 13. Changing the current in the primary winding of the transformer 13 causes a current to appear in the secondary winding and a spark between the electrodes 15, which ignites explosive 5. During the combustion of an explosive ionizes part of the combustion products and components of the original substance. At the time of the explosion, a vortex electric field is created in the cavity formed by the housing 3 and the cover 2, since it is connected to the secondary winding of the transformer 8, in the primary winding of which an alternating electric current is generated by the generator 9. The energy of the electric current in the secondary winding of the transformer is converted into the energy of a capacitor, one of the plates of which is a cloud of ionized combustion products and components of the original explosive. The contents of the internal volume of the device will acquire an electric charge.

Since the diode 6 and the electrostatic protection 4 prevent the drain of the charge of the internal volume into the ground, and the internal volume narrows in the direction of the barrel, the barrel will become the tip of the charged body into which the drain of electric charge will occur. Bulk energy density in the barrel will increase. The spacecraft in the barrel will be accelerated by ions accelerated by electrostatic and vortex electric fields. Moreover, the energy of ions will be higher than the energy of neutral molecules of combustion products.

The proposed method will increase the speed of the launched spacecraft by increasing the average speed of particles dispersing it and increasing the length of the barrel, which will increase the acceleration time. The increase in the speed of dispersing particles occurs due to the introduction of additional electric energy into the internal volume of the device, and the concentration of a part of the energy released in the entire internal volume of the device in the barrel volume.

Claims (2)

1. The method of launching spacecraft by dispersing it in the barrel, including the operation of burning explosives in a closed volume, characterized in that during the burning of the explosive, an operation is performed to create a vortex electric field in the volume occupied by the combustion products. 2. A device for launching spacecraft using thermal energy, comprising a barrel, a cover, a housing, electrostatic protection, an explosive, an electrode, a diode, a transformer, a generator, switches and an ignition device, characterized in that the housing cover and the barrel are made of dielectric material , the cross section of the lid narrows in the direction of the barrel, an electrode is placed in the internal cavity of the device, connected via a diode to the secondary winding of the transformer, in which the primary winding is created alternating current, the diode is placed inside the electrostatic protection.

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