US 11,988,178 B2
System and methods for propulsion and powering systems using recyclable metallic fuels
Haroon B. Oqab, Kitchener (CA); and George B. Dietrich, Kitchener (CA)
Assigned to Oqab Dietrich Induction Inc., Kitchener (CA)
Appl. No. 18/260,332
Filed by Oqab Dietrich Induction Inc., Kitchener (CA)
PCT Filed Jan. 4, 2022, PCT No. PCT/CA2022/050005
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jul. 4, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/140865, PCT Pub. Date Jul. 7, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/133,751, filed on Jan. 4, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0052800 A1, Feb. 15, 2024
Int. Cl. F02B 43/08 (2006.01); C06B 33/00 (2006.01); C10L 5/40 (2006.01); C10L 9/02 (2006.01); F02M 27/02 (2006.01); F23K 1/00 (2006.01)
CPC F02M 27/02 (2013.01) [C06B 33/00 (2013.01); C10L 5/40 (2013.01); C10L 9/02 (2013.01); F23K 1/00 (2013.01); C10L 2200/0204 (2013.01); C10L 2200/0254 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for recycling metallic fuels, comprising:
capturing fuel products and unburnt fuel from heating and/or combustion of a metallic fuel, wherein the fuel products include a metal product;
directing the unburnt metallic fuel and the fuel products to storage and/or further oxidation to generate power and/or thrust; and
recycling the metal product to create the metallic fuel.