Studies have been performed of a compact high‐performance nuclear rocket reactor that incorporates a tungsten alloy wire fuel element. This reactor, termed the wire core reactor, can deliver a specific impulse of 1,000 s using an expander cycle and a nozzle expansion ratio of 500 to 1. The core is constructed of layers of 0.8‐mm‐dia fueled tungsten wires wound over alternate layers of spacer wires, which forms a rugged annular lattice. Hydrogen flow in the core is annular, flowing from inside to outside. In addition to the concepts compact size and good heat transfer, the core has excellent power‐flow matching features and can resist vibration and thermal stresses during star‐up and shutdown.


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    Titel :

    Wire core reactor for nuclear thermal propulsion


    Beteiligte:
    Harty, Richard B. (Autor:in) / Brengle, Robert G. (Autor:in) / El-Genk, Mohamed S. (Herausgeber:in) / Hoover, Mark D. (Herausgeber:in)

    Kongress:

    Proceedings of the tenth symposium on space nuclear power and propulsion ; 1993 ; Albuquerque, New Mexico (USA)


    Erschienen in:

    AIP Conference Proceedings ; 271 , 1 ; 571-577


    Erscheinungsdatum :

    10.01.1993


    Format / Umfang :

    7 pages





    Medientyp :

    Aufsatz (Konferenz)


    Format :

    Elektronische Ressource


    Sprache :

    Englisch




    Wire Core Reactor for Nuclear Thermal Propulsion

    Harty, R. B. / Brengle, R. G. / American Institute of Physics | British Library Conference Proceedings | 1993



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