Low gravity fluid-thermal experiments

Conference · Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 EDT 1987

OSTI ID:6057937

Krotiuk, W J; Cuta, J M

Pacific Northwest Laboratory (PNL) is the lead laboratory for the thermal-hydraulic research in the US Department of Energy Multimegawatt Space Nuclear Power Program. PNL must provide the tools necessary to analyze proposed space reactor concepts, which include single- and two-phase alkali metal and gas-cooled designs. PNL has divided its activities for this task into three basic areas: computer code development, thermal-hydraulic modeling, and experimentation. The subject of this paper is the low-gravity experimental program currently underway at PNL in support of the MMW Program.

• Research Organization: Pacific Northwest Lab., Richland, WA (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC06-76RL01830
• OSTI ID: 6057937
• Report Number(s): PNL-SA-15084; CONF-8706214-1; ON: DE88000553; TRN: 87-036564
• Resource Relation: Conference: 3. pathways to space experimentation workshop, Orlando, FL, USA, 3 Jun 1987; Other Information: Portions of this document are illegible in microfiche products
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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