Brayton rotating units for space reactor power systems

Energy Conversion and Management

Volumn 50, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 2210-2232

  Gallo, Bruno M ^a   El Genk, Mohamed S ^a  

^a MSC01 1070   (United States)

Author keywords

Binary gas mixture; Brayton rotating unit; Centrifugal flow compressor; Closed Brayton Cycle; Lunar outpost; Planetary exploration; Radial inflow turbine; Space reactor power systems

Indexed keywords

BINARY GAS MIXTURE; BRAYTON ROTATING UNIT; CENTRIFUGAL-FLOW COMPRESSOR; CLOSED BRAYTON CYCLE; LUNAR OUTPOST; PLANETARY EXPLORATION; RADIAL-INFLOW TURBINE; SPACE REACTOR POWER SYSTEMS;

BRAYTON CYCLE; CENTRIFUGATION; COMPRESSORS; ELECTRIC POWER TRANSMISSION NETWORKS; FLOW RATE; FLUIDS; GAS MIXTURES; HELIUM; INTERPLANETARY SPACECRAFT; LUNAR MISSIONS; MINING; NUCLEAR REACTORS; PETROLEUM PROSPECTING; POWER TRANSMISSION; ROTATION; SPACECRAFT POWER SUPPLIES; TURBINES; XENON;

ENGINES;

EID: 67650217541     PISSN: 01968904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enconman.2009.04.035     Document Type: Article

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