The development of a terrestrial Stirling radionuclide power set

Author

Krupchatnikov, B.N. ; Chernov, V.N. ; Chechurov, V.A.

Author_Institution

VNIIRT, Moscow, USSR

fYear

1989

fDate

6-11 Aug 1989

Firstpage

2703

Abstract

Some results from the development and testing of a 0.5 kW terrestrial Stirling radionuclide power set (RPS) for use with a radionuclide thermomechanical generator (RTMG) are given. The whole RPS structure and the components are described. The cooling system, which is in the form of a boiling and condensing loop, is shown, and some results from its testing are given. The distribution of temperatures and heat flow in the RTMG is substantially determined by the intensity of heat pickup by the Stirling engine (SE). In the limiting case, under conditions of the engine shutdown, an emergency occurs from the point of view of the source overheating. A procedure for preventing the source and the structural components from overheating is discussed for an ideal SE

Keywords

heat engines; nuclear power; testing; 0.5 kW; Stirling engine; boiling; condensing; cooling system; development; heat engines; heat flow; nuclear power; overheating; radionuclide thermomechanical generator; temperature distribution; terrestrial Stirling radionuclide power set; testing; Cooling; Diesel engines; Frequency; Generators; Heat engines; Heat sinks; Kinetic theory; Stirling engines; Temperature; Testing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Energy Conversion Engineering Conference, 1989. IECEC-89., Proceedings of the 24th Intersociety

Conference_Location

Washington, DC

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IECEC.1989.74856

Filename

74856