A method of generating basic hydrogen peroxide (BHP) fuel for a chemical oxygen-iodine
laser (COIL) using stored alkali chloride, typically potassium chloride, and water.
The alkali chloride and water are mixed to form a saturated or nearly saturated
aqueous salt solution for use as an anolyte feed to a chlor-alkali cell. The chlor-alkali
cell generates alkali hydroxide, hydrogen, and chlorine. Water and oxygen are reacted
to form peroxide which is combined with the alkali hydroxide from the chlor-alkali
cell to form a dilute solution of BHP, a mixture of hydrogen peroxide and alkali
hydroxide, which dissociates into O2H- and -OH.
The BHP is concentrated and the molar ratio of hydrogen peroxide to alkali hydroxide
is adjusted to 1:1 before the BHP is supplied to a COIL apparatus as fuel for the
lasing process.
