Liquid metal loop and heat pipe radiator for space reactor power systems

Journal of Propulsion and Power

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1117-1134

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

^a University of New Mexico   (United States)

^b 1   (United States)

^c Chemical and Nuclear Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COOLANTS; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEMS; HEAT PIPES; INTAKE SYSTEMS; LITHIUM; SPACECRAFT; THERMOELECTRICITY;

COOLANT CHANNELS; HEAT PIPE RADIATORS; SPECIFIC MASS; THERMOELECTRIC CONVERTERS;

LIQUID METAL COOLED REACTORS;

EID: 33749495929     PISSN: 07484658     EISSN: 15333876     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.20031     Document Type: Article

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