Radioisotope engines producing tens of kilowatts of shaft power appear to be practical; one of most interesting applications of such engine is propulsion of small (15 to 150 ton) submersible vehicles; reciprocating Rankine steam cycle was selected for power conversion in study of radioisotope engine as best compromise between simplicity and good efficiency; operational characteristics of this system are described.


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    Title :

    Radioisotope engine for submersible vehicle propulsion


    Additional title:

    Mar Technology Soc -- Trans Joint Conference Exhibit


    Contributors:
    Buck, K.E. (author)

    Conference:

    Joint Conference and Exhibit Transactions of Marine Technology Society ; 1965



    Publication date :

    1965


    Size :

    21 pages


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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