Water Fuel Rocket Science

Water contains hydrogen and oxygen. Liquid Hydrogen/Liquid Oxygen
rocket engines burn these chemicals to produce water as a byproduct of
combustion. Water is an extremely compact form of the two chemicals,
saving a great deal of space over hydrogen by itself.

Water is also a stable form for water/oxygen, only igniting after
having been separated and reunited.

It is reasonable, therefore, to conclude that 'water' is the perfect
rocket fuel. But how do we do an efficient separating of the liquid
into it's parts to put them back together?

They can be separated with intense heat as proven by turbochargers on
cars and engines of all sorts. I suspect, however, that only a tiny
portion of the water mist is actually separated and reunited. This is
because the total fusion of even a small amount of mist would instantly
destroy most engines. Each molecule of water releases enormous energy
on molecular fusion.

I am, therefore, coming to the conclusion that two methods are
possible. One, to efficiently create extreme temperatures or, Two, to
vibrate the molecules apart.

To the best of my knowledge vibration separation of water has not been
demonstrated. Intense heat, on the other hand, can be achieved by
lasers.

A powerful CO2 laser -- infra-red -- could be reflected about in a
chamber creating enormous heat that does not, itself, touch the walls.
Water mist could be sprayed into this chamber resulting in an enormous
explosion.

I am guessing that initially the heat would separate out the hydrogen
and oxygen. The speed of the fuel flow, possibly carried on air or
simply sprayed in a vacuum, should exit the separated molecules into an
adjacent combustion chamber cooled by the water which is about to be
injected into the laser chamber. Rapid cooling should induce the
molecules to reform into water yielding the traditional hydrogen/oxygen
combustion.

All of the above is reflection and basic theory. Any comments would be
welcome.


tomcat

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