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Design and fabrication of the mini-brayton recuperator (mbr)
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Graves, R. Killackey, J. J. Mosinskis, G. |
| Copyright Year | 1978 |
| Description | Development of a recuperator for a 2.0 kW closed Brayton space power system is described. The plate-fin heat exchanger is fabricated entirely from Hastelloy X and is designed for 10 years continuous operation at 1000 K (1300 F) with a Xenon-helium working fluid. Special design provisions assure uniform flow distribution, crucial for meeting 0.975 temperature effectiveness. Low-cycle fatigue, resulting from repeated startup and shutdown cycles, was identified as the most critical structural design problem. It is predicted that the unit has a minimum fatigue life of 220 cycles. This is in excess of the BIPS requirement of 100 cycles. Heat transfer performance and thermal cycle testing with air, using a prototype unit, verified that all design objectives can be met. |
| File Size | 26508972 |
| Page Count | 103 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_19790003305 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t3c010b97 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 1978-04-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Energy Production And Conversion Flow Distribution Pressure Reduction Working Fluids Spacecraft Power Supplies Regenerators Brayton Cycle Heat Exchangers Heat Transfer Coefficients 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 |
