Models for Multimegawatt Space Power Systems

Abstract

This report describes models for multimegawatt, space power systems which Sandia's Advanced Power Systems Division has constructed to help evaluate space power systems for SDI's Space Power Office. Five system models and models for associated components are presented for both open (power system waste products are exhausted into space) and closed (no waste products) systems: (1) Open, burst mode, hydrogen cooled nuclear reactor turbo alternator system; (2) Open, hydrogen and oxygen combustion turbo alternator system; (3) Closed, nuclear reactor powered Brayton cycle system; (4) Closed, liquid metal Rankine cycle system; and (5). Closed, in-core, reactor thermionic system. The models estimate performance and mass for the components in each of these systems.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1990
Accession Number
ADA339024

Entities

People

  • Michael W. Edenburn

Organizations

  • Sandia National Laboratories

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Carbon Carbon Composites
  • Combustion
  • Energy
  • Energy Storage
  • Fluid Flow
  • Gas Turbines
  • Heat Energy
  • Heat Exchangers
  • Heat Transfer
  • Jet Propulsion
  • Materials Science
  • Nuclear Reactors
  • Space Systems
  • Spacecraft
  • Tensile Strength
  • Thermodynamics
  • United States

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Electrical Engineering

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Hall-Effect Thruster
  • Space - Spacecraft Maneuvers