REDUCING AND/OR HARVESTING DRAG ENERGY FROM TRANSPORT VEHICLES, INCLUDING FOR CHEMICAL REACTORS, AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS

摘要

The present disclosure is directed to systems and methods for reducing and/or harvesting drag energy from transport vehicles. A system in accordance with a particular embodiment includes a mobile transport platform, a donor substance source carried by the platform, and a thermochemical reactor carried by the platform and coupled to the donor substance. The reactor is configured to carry out a non-combustion dissociation process that dissociates the donor substance into a first constituent and a second constituent. An energy extraction system carried by the transport platform and positioned to extract energy from an airstream passing the transport platform is coupled to the reactor to provide energy for the dissociation process.

主权项

1. A reactor system, comprising:
a mobile transport platform; a source of a donor substance carried by the transport platform; a thermochemical reactor carried by the transport platform and coupled to the source of donor substance, the thermochemical reactor being configured to carry out a non-combustion dissociation process that dissociates the donor substance into a first constituent and second constituent; and a conduit operatively coupled between the thermochemical reactor and a payload volume of the mobile transport platform to preserve cargo in the payload volume via at least one of the first and second constituents.