A power conversion concept for the Jupiter icy moons orbiter

1st International Energy Conversion Engineering Conference IECEC

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages

  Mason, Lee S ^a  

^a NASA GLENN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CENTRIFUGAL COMPRESSORS; ENERGY CONVERSION; GAS COOLED REACTORS; HEAT PIPES; HEAT SINKS; HEAT TRANSFER; INTERPLANETARY FLIGHT; LIQUID METAL COOLED REACTORS; NASA; RADIATORS; SPACECRAFT; WASTE HEAT;

JUPITER ICY MOONS ORBITERS; NUCLEAR ELECTRIC PROPULSION; OFFICE OF SPACE SCIENCE; POWER CONVERSION SYSTEMS; POWER MANAGEMENT AND DISTRIBUTIONS; POWER PROCESSING UNITS; POWER SYSTEM PERFORMANCE; TURBINE INLET TEMPERATURE;

PHASE INTERFACES;

EID: 84896028852     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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