ENHANCED THERMAL VACUUM TEST CAPABILITY FOR RADIOISOTOPE POWER SYSTEMS AT THE IDAHO NATIONAL LABORATORY BETTER SIMULATES ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS OF SPACE [electronic resource]

• Ngôn ngữ: eng
• Ký hiệu phân loại: 615.8 Specific therapies and kinds of therapies
• Thông tin xuất bản: Idaho Falls, Idaho : Oak Ridge, Tenn. : Idaho National Laboratory ; Distributed by the Office of Scientific and Technical Information, U.S. Dept. of Energy, 2012
• Mô tả vật lý: Medium: ED : , digital, PDF file.
• Bộ sưu tập: Metadata
• ID: 256790
• Chủ đề: 1. 07 isotopes and radiation sources; 2. 21 specific nuclear reactors and associated plants; 3. 24 power transmission and distribution; 4. 30 direct energy conversion; 5. Et al; 6. Idaho national laboratory; 7. Power systems; 8. Radioisotope generators; 9. Radioisotopes; 10. Shrouds; 11. Testing

Tóm tắt

The Idaho National Laboratory (INL) is preparing to fuel and test the Advanced Stirling Radioisotope Generator (ASRG), the next generation space power generator. The INL identified the thermal vacuum test chamber used to test past generators as inadequate. A second vacuum chamber was upgraded with a thermal shroud to process the unique needs and to test the full power capability of the new generator. The thermal vacuum test chamber is the first of its kind capable of testing a fueled power system to temperature that accurately simulate space. This paper outlines the new test and set up capabilities at the INL.