Open AccessGAS-BEARING BLOWER MANUFACTURED BY SOCIETE RATEAU FOR THE ULTRA HIGH TEMPERATURE REACTOR EXPERIMENT
Author(s) -
W. E. Crowe
Publication year - 1964
Publication title -
osti oai (u.s. department of energy office of scientific and technical information)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
DOI - 10.2172/4115710
Subject(s) - helium , bearing (navigation) , materials science , helium gas , volumetric flow rate , inlet , nuclear engineering , mechanical engineering , flow (mathematics) , composite material , mechanics , engineering , physics , atomic physics , astronomy
Design features are given for a helium blower operating on hydrodynamic gas bearings, manufactured for use in the Ultra-High Temperature Reactor Experiment. With inlet helium at 495 psi and 100 deg F, the blower is designed to produce a pressure rise of 15 psi at a flow rate of 120 lb/hr. (T.F.H.
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