High temperature water heat pipes radiator for a Brayton space reactor power system

AIP Conference Proceedings

Volumn 813, Issue , 2006, Pages 716-729

  El Genk, Mohamed S ^a   Tournier, Jean Michel ^a  

^a MSC01 1070   (United States)

Author keywords

Brayton cycle power system; Space radiator; Water heat pipes

Indexed keywords

EID: 33749590026     PISSN: 0094243X     EISSN: 15517616     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2169253     Document Type: Conference Paper

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