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Title: 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.

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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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author = {O'Brien, Robert C and Klein, Andrew C and Taitano, William T and Gibson, Justice and Myers, Brian and Howe, Steven D},
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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url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1016187}, journal = {},
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place = {United States},
year = {Tue Feb 01 00:00:00 EST 2011},
month = {Tue Feb 01 00:00:00 EST 2011}
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