The cooling system of a nuclear reactor with heat pipes can be used during space flight.
A group of researchers
from LANL, NASA and NSTec (USA) established the use of heat pipes for cooling a
small nuclear reactor that drives the Sterling engine. The system can be used
as a dependable energy source for space vehicles.
The experiment was
built on an existing installation of Flattop, which is a uranium reactor with water
system heat dissipation. NASA engineers have designed and built a set that
combines a system of removing heat from the reactor and the Sterling engine. In
many respects (the characteristics of the nuclear reaction, the heat capacity
of the experiment) to have a prototype meets the vision of the future
"space nuclear reactor", adopted by the United States. The main
difference - the water temperature is not sufficiently high to Sterling engine.
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