Open AccessNuclear heat sources for cryogenic refrigerator applications
Author(s) -
B. Raab,
Alfred Schock,
W. G. King,
T Kline,
Flavio Russo
Publication year - 1975
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
DOI - 10.2172/4137165
Subject(s) - refrigerator car , spacecraft , nuclear engineering , cryogenics , heat load , thermal , environmental science , mechanical engineering , engineering , aerospace engineering , physics , thermodynamics
Spacecraft cryogenic refrigerators require thermal inputs on the order of 1000 W. First, the characteristics of solar-electric and radioisotope heat source systems for supplying this thermal input are compared. Then the design of a $sup 238$Pu heat source for this application is described, and equipment for shipping and handling the heat source is discussed. (LCL
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