High-power Brayton Rotating Unit for reactor and solar dynamic power systems

Journal of Propulsion and Power

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 167-176

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

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

^c 1   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EFFICIENCY;

BRAYTON ROTATING UNITS; COMPRESSOR INLET; DEVELOPMENT COSTS; OPERATION RELIABILITY; THERMAL EFFICIENCY; THERMAL POWER INPUT; TURBINE INLET TEMPERATURE; UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO;

COMPRESSORS;

EID: 73849136496     PISSN: 07484658     EISSN: 15333876     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.45409     Document Type: Article

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