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Pump simulator with variable pressure flow characteristics permits ready experimental determination of optimum pump-load matching. It has been successfully used to investigate the effect of feed pump characteristics on the stability of a Rankine system boiler.
Electric power plant survey for space application, noting Rankine and Brayton cycles
Fabrication and evaluation of Rankine system refractory alloy corrosion test loop
Fabrication and evaluation of Rankine system refractory alloy corrosion test loop
Mechanical design and development test program for two-stage potassium vapor Rankine cycle turbine
Development engineering for Rankine system corrosion test loop, and specimens preparation for tantalum alloy capsule tests
Design, and performance of facility for Rankine cycle testing of two stage potassium vapor turbine
SNAP 8 simulator using primary sodium-potassium loop, mercury loop operating on Rankine cycle, and heat rejection sodium-potassium loop
Performance tests of vapor turbines for use in Rankine cycle space electric power generators
Primary loop transients during startup of Rankine cycle space power system in SNAP 8 simulator
Fabrication of T-111 Rankine system corrosion test loop using tantalum alloy capsules filled with alkali metals
Radiation effects on shock wave structure from stellar postshock emission spectra observations, discussing deviations from Rankine-Hugoniot relation
Refractory alloys applications to space electric power conversion systems, discussing alkali metal Rankine cycle systems and corrosion and erosion tests
Reexamination of jet engine, heat pipes, thermionic diode, Rankine cycle space power systems, discussing redesign possibilities
Heat rejection radiator mass influence on space nuclear power system, discussing Brayton cycle, thermoelectric and Rankine cycle systems
SNAP 8 nuclear-electric space power system, operating on mercury Rankine cycle using NaK as heat input and rejection working fluids
Boiler design for potassium and cesium Rankine cycle space power plants
Instrumentation and performance of Rankine cycle corrosion test loop with alkali metal