Compressor and turbine models of Brayton units for space nuclear power systems

AIP Conference Proceedings

Volumn 880, Issue , 2007, Pages 472-482

  Gallo, Bruno M ^a   El Genk, Mohamed S ^a   Tournier, Jean Michel ^a  

^a MSC01 1070   (United States)

Author keywords

Brayton energy conversion; BRU; Centrifugal compressor and radial inflow turbine; Mean line enthalpy loss model; Performance map; Polytropic efficiency; Space nuclear power systems

Indexed keywords

EID: 77958012351     PISSN: 0094243X     EISSN: 15517616     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2437488     Document Type: Conference Paper

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