Published February 6, 2005
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Journal article
NERVA-Derived Concept for a Bimodal Nuclear Thermal Rocket
Creators
- 1. The Boeing Company, Rocketdyne Propulsion and Power, P. O. Box 7922, Canoga Park, CA 91309-7922 (United States)
- 2. NASA Glenn Research Center, Cleveland, Ohio (United States)
Description
The Nuclear Thermal Rocket is an enabling technology for human exploration missions. The 'bimodal' NTR (BNTR) provides a novel approach to meeting both propulsion and power requirements of future manned and robotic missions. The purpose of this study was to evaluate tie-tube cooling configurations, NTR performance, Brayton cycle performance, and LOX-Augmented NTR (LANTR) feasibility to arrive at a point of departure BNTR configuration for subsequent system definition
Additional details
Identifiers
- DOI
- 10.1063/1.1867167;
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- AIP Conference Proceedings
- Journal Volume
- 746
- Journal Issue
- 1
- Journal Page Range
- p. 512-519
- ISSN
- 0094-243X
- CODEN
- APCPCS
Conference
- Title
- Conference on thermophysics in microgravity; Conference on commercial/civil next generation space transportation; 22. symposium on space nuclear power and propulsion; Conference on human/robotic technology and the national vision for space exploration; 3. symposium on space colonization; 2. symposium on new frontiers and future concepts
- Acronym
- STAIF 2005
- Dates
- 13-17 Feb 2005
- Place
- Albuquerque, NM (United States)
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- INIS RN
- 36073409
- Subject category
- S21: SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS; S46: INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY;
- Resource subtype / Literary indicator
- Conference
- Descriptors DEI
- BRAYTON CYCLE; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; PERFORMANCE; POWER SYSTEMS; ROCKETS; SPACE PROPULSION REACTORS; SPACE VEHICLES
- Descriptors DEC
- ENERGY SYSTEMS; MOBILE REACTORS; POWER REACTORS; PROPULSION REACTORS; REACTORS; SPACE POWER REACTORS; THERMODYNAMIC CYCLES; VEHICLES
Optional Information
- Notes
- (c) 2005 American Institute of Physics