DynMo-TE: Dynamic simulation model of space reactor power system with thermoelectric converters

Nuclear Engineering and Design

Volumn 236, Issue 23, 2006, Pages 2501-2529

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

^a MSC01 1070   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POWER CONVERSION ASSEMBLY (PCA); SPACE REACTOR POWER SYSTEM (SRPS); THERMOELECTRIC CONVERSION ASSEMBLY (TAC);

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC LOADS; HYDRAULIC EQUIPMENT; INVENTORY CONTROL; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; THERMOELECTRICITY;

NUCLEAR REACTORS;

EID: 33749622054     PISSN: 00295493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nucengdes.2006.03.004     Document Type: Article

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