Thermal-hydraulics Analysis of a Radioisotope-powered Mars Hopper Propulsion System
Abstract
Thermal-hydraulics analyses results produced using a combined suite of computational design and analysis codes are presented for the preliminary design of a concept Radioisotope Thermal Rocket (RTR) propulsion system. Modeling of the transient heating and steady state temperatures of the system is presented. Simulation results for propellant blow down during impulsive operation are also presented. The results from this study validate the feasibility of a practical thermally capacitive RTR propulsion system.
- Authors:
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Idaho National Lab. (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1016187
- Report Number(s):
- INL/CON-10-20461
TRN: US1103011
- DOE Contract Number:
- DE-AC07-05ID14517
- Resource Type:
- Conference
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: Nuclear and Emerging Technologies for Space 2011,Albuquerque, NM,02/07/2011,02/10/2011
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 22 GENERAL STUDIES OF NUCLEAR REACTORS; DESIGN; HEATING; HOPPERS; PROPULSION SYSTEMS; RADIOISOTOPES; ROCKETS; SIMULATION; THERMAL HYDRAULICS; TRANSIENTS; cermet; mars hopper; nuclear; power; radioisotope; RTG
Citation Formats
O'Brien, Robert C, Klein, Andrew C, Taitano, William T, Gibson, Justice, Myers, Brian, and Howe, Steven D. Thermal-hydraulics Analysis of a Radioisotope-powered Mars Hopper Propulsion System. United States: N. p., 2011.
Web.
O'Brien, Robert C, Klein, Andrew C, Taitano, William T, Gibson, Justice, Myers, Brian, & Howe, Steven D. Thermal-hydraulics Analysis of a Radioisotope-powered Mars Hopper Propulsion System. United States.
O'Brien, Robert C, Klein, Andrew C, Taitano, William T, Gibson, Justice, Myers, Brian, and Howe, Steven D. 2011.
"Thermal-hydraulics Analysis of a Radioisotope-powered Mars Hopper Propulsion System". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1016187.
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abstractNote = {Thermal-hydraulics analyses results produced using a combined suite of computational design and analysis codes are presented for the preliminary design of a concept Radioisotope Thermal Rocket (RTR) propulsion system. Modeling of the transient heating and steady state temperatures of the system is presented. Simulation results for propellant blow down during impulsive operation are also presented. The results from this study validate the feasibility of a practical thermally capacitive RTR propulsion system.},
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year = {Tue Feb 01 00:00:00 EST 2011},
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