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Investigation of Liquid Metal Heat Exchanger Designs for Fission Surface Power

Author(s) -

Rodger Dyson,

Barry Penswick,

Malcolm Robbie,

Steven M. Geng

Publication year - 2008

Publication title -

6th international energy conversion engineering conference (iecec)

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Conference proceedings

DOI - 10.2514/6.2008-5733

Subject(s) - stirling engine , heat exchanger , nuclear engineering , stirling cycle , mars exploration program , liquid metal , power (physics) , decay heat , surface (topology) , fission , materials science , mechanical engineering , environmental science , engineering , thermodynamics , physics , nuclear physics , astrobiology , neutron , metallurgy , geometry , mathematics

Fission surface power is an option for future Moon and Mars surface missions. High power nuclear reactor heated Stirling convertors are an option to provide reliable power for long duration outpost operations. This report investigates various design approaches for the liquid metal to acceptor heat exchange and clarifies the details used in the analysis.

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