Performance analyses of 38 kWe turbo-machine unit for space reactor power systems

AIP Conference Proceedings

Volumn 969, Issue , 2008, Pages 625-636

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

^a MSC01 1070   (United States)

Author keywords

Binary gas mixture; BRU; Centrifugal flow compressor; Closed Brayton Cycle (CBC) turbo machine; Radial inflow turbine; Space nuclear reactor power systems

Indexed keywords

EID: 72349094641     PISSN: 0094243X     EISSN: 15517616     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2845023     Document Type: Conference Paper

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