Heat source component development program. Quarterly report, January 1979-March 1979
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This is the eighth of a series of reports describing the results of several analytical and experimental programs being conducted at Battelle-Columbus Laboratories to develop components for advanced radioisotope heat source applications. The heat sources will for the most part be used in advanced static and dynamic power conversion systems. These reports replace the informal monthly technical letter reports previously prepared and are being utilized so that more cohesive presentations of results can be achieved. The specific efforts in progress during the period covered by this report were in support of the General Purpose Heat Source (GPHS) Development Program that is being led by the Los Alsmos Scientific Laboratory (LASL). These specific efforts were concerned with: analyses of trial designs with emphasis on detailed predictions of the response of Trial Design, including the sensitivity of the response to design and environmental uncertainties, and on comparison of performances of the Trial Design and the Ir Reference Design. It should be noted that considerable reentry thermal analyses have been conducted subsequent to the period covered in this report. In these more recent analyses, significant changes have been made to the heat source properties, and time-dependent boundary conditions. Results of these more recent analyses, as reported in project reviews, differ significantly from some of the results contained in the present report.
- Research Organization:
- Battelle Columbus Labs., OH (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-7405-ENG-92-094
- OSTI ID:
- 5951012
- Report Number(s):
- BMI-X-700
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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