Open AccessHeatpipe power system development
Author(s) -
Mike Houts,
David I. Poston
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
osti oai (u.s. department of energy office of scientific and technical information)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
DOI - 10.2172/334269
Subject(s) - national laboratory , systems engineering , space (punctuation) , power (physics) , development (topology) , work (physics) , computer science , engineering , nuclear engineering , operating system , physics , mechanical engineering , engineering physics , mathematical analysis , mathematics , quantum mechanics
This is the final report of a one-year, Laboratory Directed Research and Development (LDRD) project at the Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL). The objective of the project was to develop a design approach that could enable the development of near-term, low-cost, space fission-power systems. Sixteen desired attributes were identified for such systems and detailed analyses were performed to verify that they are feasible. Preliminary design work was performed on one concept, the Heatpipe Power system (HPS). As a direct result of this project, funding was obtained from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration to build and test an HPS module. The module tests went well, and they now have funding to build a bimodal module
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