Systems and methods for nuclear reactor direct drive of a cryocooler turbine. A nuclear thermal propulsion (NTP) system may have a nuclear reactor that heats a thermal working fluid for directly driving the turbine to power a cryogenic fluid management (CFM) system for keeping propellant at cryogenic temperatures. The features may be used on NTP rockets. The propellant may be liquid hydrogen.
NUCLEAR THERMAL PROPULSION SYSTEM WITH REACTOR DIRECT DRIVE OF CRYOCOOLER TURBINE
2023-12-28
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
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