Noble-gas binary mixtures for closed-Brayton-cycle space reactor power systems

Journal of Propulsion and Power

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 863-873

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b AIAA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMPELLERS; INERT GASES; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NUCLEAR REACTORS; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

AERODYNAMIC LOADING; CLOSED BRAYTON CYCLES; NUCLEAR REACTOR POWER SYSTEMS; REACTOR COOLING;

BINARY MIXTURES;

EID: 34547818092     PISSN: 07484658     EISSN: 15333876     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.27664     Document Type: Article

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