Selection of noble gas binary mixtures for Brayton space nuclear power systems

Collection of Technical Papers - 4th International Energy Conversion Engineering Conference

Volumn 2, Issue , 2006, Pages 1212-1220

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b Department of Chemical and Nuclear Engineering ^*  (United States)

^c Institute for Space and Nuclear Power Studies   (United States)

^d AIAA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; GASES; HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEAT TRANSFER; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; NUCLEAR REACTORS; TURBOMACHINERY;

CLOSED BRAYTON CYCLE (CBC) ENGINES; NOBLE GAS; RADIATOR HEAT EXCHANGER; SPACE POWER SYSTEMS;

BINARY MIXTURES;

EID: 33751396907     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2006-4168     Document Type: Conference Paper

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