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Development status of the fission power system technology demonstration unit (Document No: 20130010732)
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Gibson, Marc A. Geng, Steven M. Pearson, Jon Boise Briggs, Maxwell H. Godfroy Sr., Thomas |
| Copyright Year | 2012 |
| Description | This paper summarizes the progress that has been made in the development of the Fission Power System Technology Demonstration Unit (TDU). The reactor simulator core and Annular Linear Induction Pump have been fabricated and assembled into a test loop at the NASA Marshall Space Flight Center. A 12 kWe Power Conversion Unit (PCU) is being developed consisting of two 6 kWe free-piston Stirling engines. The two 6 kWe engines have been fabricated by Sunpower Inc. and are currently being tested separately prior to integration into the PCU. The Facility Cooling System (FCS) used to reject convertor waste heat has been assembled and tested at the NASA Glenn Research Center (GRC). The structural elements, including a Buildup Assembly Platform (BAP) and Upper Truss Structure (UTS) have been fabricated, and will be used to test cold-end components in thermal vacuum prior to TDU testing. Once all components have been fully tested at the subsystem level, they will be assembled into an end-to-end system and tested in thermal vacuum at NASA GRC. |
| File Size | 5010900 |
| Page Count | 16 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_20130010732 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t5n927s3k |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 2012-07-30 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Spacecraft Propulsion And Power Vacuum Cooling Systems Free-piston Engines Stirling Engines Reactor Cores Waste Heat Simulators Fission Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Presentation |
