patent · US7178339
Closed-loop cooling system for a hydrogen/oxygen based combustor
20 February 2007
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Abstract
A closed-loop cooling system is provided for a hydrogen/oxygen based combustor. A combustion reaction between hydrogen and oxygen in the combustor produces steam. The steam is used to generate work from a turbine shaft, which is used to drive a propulsion system for the underwater vessel. After the steam passes through the turbine, the steam is cooled back to liquid water by a condenser that uses a seawater cooling loop to cool the steam into cold water. The cold water is the...
Provenance
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- Cited prior art
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- Filed
- 2004-04-07
- Source
- Google Patents bibliographic record
- Granted
- 2007-02-20
- Inventors
- Jeffrey S. Goldmeer; William H. Girodet; Lockheed Martin Corp