Heat pipe reactors for space power applications [electronic resource]
A family of heat pipe reactors design concepts has been developed to provide heat to a variety of electrical conversion systems. Three power plants are described that span the power range 1-500 kW(e) and operate in the temperature range 1200 to 1700/sup 0/K. The reactors are fast, compact, heat-pipe...
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| Format: | Government Document Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Los Alamos, N.M. : Oak Ridge, Tenn. :
Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory ; distributed by the Office of Scientific and Technical Information, U.S. Department of Energy,
1977.
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| Summary: | A family of heat pipe reactors design concepts has been developed to provide heat to a variety of electrical conversion systems. Three power plants are described that span the power range 1-500 kW(e) and operate in the temperature range 1200 to 1700/sup 0/K. The reactors are fast, compact, heat-pipe cooled, high-temperature nuclear reactors fueled with fully enriched refractory fuels, UC-ZrC or UO/sub 2/. Each fuel element is cooled by an axially located molybdenum heat pipe containing either sodium or lithium vapor. Nesdps Office Of Nuclear Energy Space And Defense Power Systems. |
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| Item Description: | Published through SciTech Connect. 01/01/1977. "la-ur-77-296" " conf-770302-2" AIAA meeting, St. Louis, MO, USA, 3 Mar 1977. Ranken, W.A.; Koenig, D.R.; Salmi, E.W. |
| Physical Description: | Pages: 9 : digital, PDF file. |