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Plasma core reactor simulations using rf uranium seeded argon discharges
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Roman, W. C. |
| Copyright Year | 1976 |
| Description | Experimental results are described in which pure uranium hexafluoride was injected into an argon-confined, steady-state, RF-heated plasma to investigate characteristics of plasma core nuclear reactors. The 80 kW (13.56 MHz) and 1.2 MW (5.51 MHz) rf induction heater facilities were used to determine a test chamber flow scheme which offered best uranium confinement with minimum wall coating. The cylindrical fused-silica test chamber walls were 5.7-cm-ID by 10-cm-long. Test conditions included RF powers of 2-85 kW, chamber pressures of 1-12 atm, and uranium hexafluoride mass-flow rates of 0.005-0.13 g/s. Successful techniques were developed for fluid-mechanical confinement of RF-heated plasmas with pure uranium hexafluoride injection. |
| File Size | 2935722 |
| Page Count | 46 |
| File Format | |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_19760022958 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t90912487 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 1976-07-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Nuclear And High-energy Physics Uranium Plasmas Reactor Cores Reactor Technology Argon Plasma Heating Radio Frequency Heating Plasma Control Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Technical Report |
