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A method, device and composition for achieving ignition and sustained combustion using a solid consumable catalytic bed (CCB) is described. The CCB accomplishes this by decomposition of an injected fluid. Initially this reaction is catalytic or hypergolic in nature, eventually becoming entirely ther

A method, device and composition for achieving ignition and sustained combustion using a solid consumable catalytic bed (CCB) is described. The CCB accomplishes this by decomposition of an injected fluid. Initially this reaction is catalytic or hypergolic in nature, eventually becoming entirely thermal as the CCB is consumed in the reaction generated. The CCB may be placed in a hybrid motor system such that the decomposed injected fluid will undergo combustion with the solid grain. When the injected fluid is high concentration hydrogen peroxide the catalytic materials of construction for the CCB are selected from the metallic hydride family, the manganese oxide family and the cuprocyanide family.

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[ What is claimed is:] [1.] A method of initiating a combustion reaction of an injected fluid with a solid grain which comprises the step of injecting the fluid onto a consumable catalytic bed comprised of a solid material that:(a) decomposes the injected fluid upon contact of the injected fluid wit

[ What is claimed is:] [1.] A method of initiating a combustion reaction of an injected fluid with a solid grain which comprises the step of injecting the fluid onto a consumable catalytic bed comprised of a solid material that:(a) decomposes the injected fluid upon contact of the injected fluid with the solid material through a reaction of the injected fluid with the solid material;(b) releases energy and products from the injected fluid or the solid material sufficient to vaporize the solid material and initiate the combustion reaction of the injected fluid with the solid grain;(c) has an integral self supporting structure with a surface area substantially exposed to the injected fluid;(d) sustains the decomposition of the injected fluid until the combustion reaction continues without the aid of the consumable catalytic bed or until the injected fluid is no longer injected; and(e) is substantially consumed during the initiation of the combustion reaction or during the injecting of the fluid.