Liquid hydrocarbon rocket fuel

Claim 1

A METHOD OF GENERATING GAS, WHICH METHOD COMPRISES INJECTING SEPARATELY AND ESSENTIALLY SIMULTANEOUSLY INTO THE COMBUSTION CHAMBER OF THE GAS GENERATOR (1) A HYPERGOLIC LIQUID HYDROCARBON FUEL, WHICH FEEL IS DERIVED FROM THE LIQUID PRODUCT OF THE PRYLOYSIS OF A HYDROCARBON SELECTED FROM THE CLASS CONSISTING OF ETHANE, PROPANE, BUTANE, PROPYLENE, BUTYLENE, NAPPTHAS, AND GAS OILS, IN THE VAPOR PHASE AT A TEMPERATURE BETWEEN ABOUT 1250* AND 1800*F., AT A CRACKING ZONE PRESSURE OF NOT MORE THAN 100 P.S.I.A., FOR A CRACKING ZONE RESIDENCE TIME BETWEEN ABOUT 0.05 AND 5 SECONDS, SEPARATING A LIQUID PRODUCT FROM OTHER CRACKING PRODUCTS, DISTILLING SAID LIQUID PRODUCT TO OBTAIN A LIGHT OIL BOILING OVER THE RANGE OF 100* AN 400*F., CHILLING SAID OIL TO A TEMPERATURE OF AT LEAST ABOUT -70* F. FOR A TIME SUFFICIENT TO FORM A SEPARATE SOLID PHASE AND REMOVING SAID PHASE TO OBTAIN SAID LIQUID HYPERGOLIC FUEL, WHICH FUEL IS CHARACTERIZED BY A FREEZING POINT OF AT LEAST ABOUT -70*F., AND (2) A NITRIC ACID OXIDIZER CONTAINING NOT MORE THAN 5 WEIGHT PERCENT OF NON-ACIDIC MATERIALS, IN AN AMOUNT AND AT A RATE SUFFICIENT TO INITIATE A HYPERGOLIC REACTION WITH AND TO SUPPORT COMBUSTION OF THE FUEL.

Claim 2

A METHOD OF GENERATING GAS, WHICH METHOD COMPRISES INJECTING SEPARATELY AND ESSENTIALLY SIMULTANEOUSLY INTO THE COMBUSTION CHAMBER OF THE GAS GENERATOR (1) A HYPERGOLIC LIQUID HYDROCARBON FUEL, WHICH FEEL IS DERIVED FROM THE LIQUID PRODUCT OF THE PRYLOYSIS OF A HYDROCARBON SELECTED FROM THE CLASS CONSISTING OF ETHANE, PROPANE, BUTANE, PROPYLENE, BUTYLENE, NAPPTHAS, AND GAS OILS, IN THE VAPOR PHASE AT A TEMPERATURE BETWEEN ABOUT 1250* AND 1800*F., AT A CRACKING ZONE PRESSURE OF NOT MORE THAN 100 P.S.I.A., FOR A CRACKING ZONE RESIDENCE TIME BETWEEN ABOUT 0.05 AND 5 SECONDS, SEPARATING A LIQUID PRODUCT FROM OTHER CRACKING PRODUCTS, DISTILLING SAID LIQUID PRODUCT TO OBTAIN A LIGHT OIL BOILING OVER THE RANGE OF 100* AN 400*F., CHILLING SAID OIL TO A TEMPERATURE OF AT LEAST ABOUT -70* F. FOR A TIME SUFFICIENT TO FORM A SEPARATE SOLID PHASE AND REMOVING SAID PHASE TO OBTAIN SAID LIQUID HYPERGOLIC FUEL, WHICH FUEL IS CHARACTERIZED BY A FREEZING POINT OF AT LEAST ABOUT -70*F., AND (2) A NITRIC ACID OXIDIZER CONTAINING NOT MORE THAN 5 WEIGHT PERCENT OF NON-ACIDIC MATERIALS, IN AN AMOUNT AND AT A RATE SUFFICIENT TO INITIATE A HYPERGOLIC REACTION WITH AND TO SUPPORT COMBUSTION OF THE FUEL.