Performance and operational characteristics for a dual brayton space power system with common gas inventory

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

Volumn 2, Issue , 2006, Pages 1203-1211

  Johnson, Paul K ^a,c,d   Mason, Lee S ^b,c,d  

^a ANALEX CORPORATION   (United States)

^b NASA GLENN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c Thermal Energy Conversion Branch   (United States)

^d AIAA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOSED-BRAYTON-CYCLE (CBC); GAS INVENTORY; OPERATING POINTS; ROTATIONAL SPEED;

CLOSED LOOP CONTROL SYSTEMS; COMPUTER SYSTEMS PROGRAMMING; ENERGY CONVERSION; SHAFTS (MACHINE COMPONENTS); SPACE RESEARCH; TURBOGENERATORS;

ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEMS;

EID: 33751398713     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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