Carbon-carbon recuperators in closed-brayton-cycle space power systems

Collection of Technical Papers - 2nd International Energy Conversion Engineering Conference

Volumn 2, Issue , 2004, Pages 1107-1113

  Barrett, Michael J ^a,c   Johnson, Paul K ^b,d  

^a NASA GLENN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b ANALEX CORPORATION   (United States)

^c Power and Electric Propulsion Division   (United States)

^d Thermal Energy Conversion ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL BONDS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENTROPY; FINS (HEAT EXCHANGE); HEAT TRANSFER; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMAL LOAD; THERMODYNAMICS;

CARBON-CARBON RECUPERATORS; CLOSED-BRAYTON-CYCLE SPACE POWER SYSTEMS; MOLECULAR MASS; THERMODYNAMIC CYCLES;

ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEMS;

EID: 20344403335     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2004-5652     Document Type: Conference Paper

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