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NASA RESEARCH ON THE HYDRODYNAMICS OF THE GASEOUS VORTEX REACTOR

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:4138534
Presented before a closed session of the annual meeting of the American Rocket Society, Washington, D. C., Nov. 16-21, 1959. A gaseous nuclear reactor utilizing a vortex type flow field to increase the heavy-element holdup time is considered. Equations describing the separation mechanism are presented for both ideal (inviscid, laminar) and real (viscous, turbulent) fluid conditions. Analytical results are given for the separation of air-bromine mixtures in an experimental vortex test apparatus. (auth)
Research Organization:
National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Lewis Research Center, Cleveland
NSA Number:
NSA-14-025065
OSTI ID:
4138534
Report Number(s):
NASA-TN-D-288
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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