Startup and load-following transients of a thermoelectric space reactor system with no single point failure

Collection of Technical Papers - 3rd International Energy Conversion Engineering Conference

Volumn 3, Issue , 2005, Pages 1699-1712

  El Genk, Mohamed S ^a,b,c   Tournier, Jean Michel P ^a,c  

^a MSC01 1070   (United States)

^b ISNPS   (United States)

^c AIAA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COOLING; ENERGY CONVERSION; HEAT PIPES; LIQUID METALS; POWER GENERATION; REACTOR CORES; THERMOELECTRIC EQUIPMENT;

POINT FAILURE; POWER CONVERSION ASSEMBLY (PCA); REACTOR COOLING; SECTORED COMPACT REACTOR (SCORE);

NUCLEAR REACTORS;

EID: 29144464365     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2005-5715     Document Type: Conference Paper

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