NASA NTRS · 19930017765
Particle bed reactor modeling
Abstract
The topics are presented in viewgraph form and include the following: particle bed reactor (PBR) core cross section; PBR bleed cycle; fuel and moderator flow paths; PBR modeling requirements; characteristics of PBR and nuclear thermal propulsion (NTP) modeling; challenges for PBR and NTP modeling; thermal hydraulic computer codes; capabilities for PBR/reactor application; thermal/hydralic codes; limitations; physical correlations; comparison of predicted friction factor and experimental data; frit pressure drop testing; cold frit mask factor; decay heat flow rate; startup transient simulation; and philosophy of systems modeling.
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Sapyta, Joe, Reid, Hank, Walton, Lew. 1993-01-01. Particle bed reactor modeling. https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/19930017765
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