학술논문
Space reactor preliminary mechanical design
Document Type
Conference
Author
Source
Conference: 18. intersociety energy conversion engineering conference, Orlando, FL, USA, 21 Aug 1983; Other Information: Portions are illegible in microfiche products
Subject
Language
English
Abstract
An analysis was performed on the SABRE reactor space power system to determine the effect of the number and size of heat pipes on the design parameters of the nuclear subsystem. Small numbers of thin walled heat pipes were found to give a lower subsystem mass, but excessive fuel swelling resulted. The SP-100 preliminary design uses 120 heat pipes because of acceptable fuel swelling and a minimum nuclear subsystem mass of 1875 kg. Salient features of the reactor preliminary design are: individual fuel modules, ZrO/sub 2/ block core mounts, bolted collar fuel module restraints, and a BeO central plug.