Potassium Rankine cycle nuclear power systems for spacecraft and lunar-mass surface power
Conference
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OSTI ID:10159948
The potassium Rankine cycle has high potential for application to nuclear power systems for spacecraft and surface power on the moon and Mars. A substantial effort on the development of Rankine cycle space power systems was carried out in the 1960`s. That effort is summarized and the status of the technology today is presented. Space power systems coupling Rankine cycle power conversion to both the SP-100 reactor and thermionic reactors as a combined power cycle are described in the paper.
- Research Organization:
- Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC05-84OR21400
- OSTI ID:
- 10159948
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-920803--10; ON: DE92016163
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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