White Dwarf Combustion Chamber

Design

The White Dwarf combustion chamber uses a water-cooled jacket, with a graphite nozzle. The cooling channels are cut into an off-the-shelf copper tube using a CNC machine. The outer walls of the cooling jacket are made of stainless steel and are welded together.

Cutaway of the White Dwarf combustion chamber CAD (without the injector).

Copper Wall

Combustion Chamber Engineering Drawing

The final copper combustion chamber, after having the cooling channels machined into it by a CNC machine in the Whittle Laboratory.