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Preliminary design of a sp-100/stirling radiatively coupled heat exchanger
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Dawson, Ronald Tower, Leonard Blue, Brian Dunn, Pat Schmitz, Paul |
| Copyright Year | 1995 |
| Description | Several methods for coupling the SP-100 space nuclear reactor to the NASA Lewis Research Center's Free Piston Stirling Power Convertor (FPSPC) are presented. A 25 kWe, dual opposed Stirling convertor configuration is used in these designs. The concepts use radiative coupling between the SP-100 lithium loop and the sodium heat pipe of the Stirling convertor to transfer the heat from the reactor to the convertor. Four separate configurations are presented. Masses for the four designs vary from 41 to 176 kgs. Each design's structure, heat transfer characteristics, and heat pipe performance are analytically modeled. |
| File Size | 608153 |
| Page Count | 12 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_19960001948 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t9576bt88 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 1995-10-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Spacecraft Propulsion And Power Weight Analysis Heat Pipes Coolants Lithium Free-piston Engines Thermal Analysis Stirling Engines Heat Exchangers Radiative Heat Transfer Space Power Reactors 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 |
