Prospects for nuclear electric propulsion using closed cycle magnetohydrodynamic energy conversion

39th Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 2001, Pages

  Litchford, Ron J ^a   Bitteker, Leo ^a   Jones, Jonathan ^a  

^a NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSPACE ENGINEERING; BRAYTON CYCLE; CONCEPTUAL DESIGN; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS; ELECTRIC GENERATORS; ELECTRIC POWER PLANTS; ELECTRIC PROPULSION; GAS COOLED REACTORS; IONIZATION OF GASES; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS; MARTIAN SURFACE ANALYSIS; PETROLEUM PROSPECTING; SPACECRAFT POWER SUPPLIES; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE;

CLOSED CYCLE MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ENABLING TECHNOLOGIES; ENGINEERING FEASIBILITY; GAS COOLED NUCLEAR REACTORS; NUCLEAR ELECTRIC PROPULSION; PERFORMANCE AND RELIABILITIES; THERMODYNAMIC CYCLE ANALYSIS;

SPACE POWER GENERATION;

EID: 85088182810     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2001-961     Document Type: Conference Paper

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