TY - GEN
T1 - Space nuclear power & propulsion heritage of Hamilton Sundstrand Rocketdyne and Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne
AU - Lu, Cheng Yi
AU - Tosca, Michael
AU - Trager, Larry A.
AU - Determan, W. R.
AU - Johnson, Gregory A.
AU - Zillmer, Andrew J.
AU - Dix, Terry E.
PY - 2011
Y1 - 2011
N2 - Rocketdyne has a rich heritage in the development of space nuclear fission power and propulsion technologies through its involvement in most of the past U.S. space nuclear power reactor development programs such as SNAP-10A, SP-100, Multi-MegaWatt, S-PRIME thermionic, Solar Dynamic CBC Ground Demonstration System, Prometheus, JIMO, Fission Surface power systems and more recent work in the Sub-kilowatt Class Reactor EPS. Hamilton Sundstrand Rocketdyne's involvement in radioisotope power system (RPS) began with the development of the Dynamic Isotope Power System (DIPS) program in 1988 and continued on with the Advanced Stirling Converter development, Multi-Mission RTG development and Advanced RTG studies for the Advanced Thermoelectric Converter (ATEC) program. This experience spans more than 50 years in the design, system engineering, integration and testing of the space nuclear electrical power systems. In addition, Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne designed the Phoebus nozzles and LH2 feed systems for the Rover Program and supported the Nuclear Engine for Rocket Vehicle Application (NERVA) Program which demonstrated Nuclear Thermal Rocket (NTR) technologies in the 1960s and 70s. In the 1990s, Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne, working with NASA, developed designs for a Bimodal Nuclear Thermal Propulsion (BNTR) unit for the joint production of electrical power and thrust from the single reactor unit.
AB - Rocketdyne has a rich heritage in the development of space nuclear fission power and propulsion technologies through its involvement in most of the past U.S. space nuclear power reactor development programs such as SNAP-10A, SP-100, Multi-MegaWatt, S-PRIME thermionic, Solar Dynamic CBC Ground Demonstration System, Prometheus, JIMO, Fission Surface power systems and more recent work in the Sub-kilowatt Class Reactor EPS. Hamilton Sundstrand Rocketdyne's involvement in radioisotope power system (RPS) began with the development of the Dynamic Isotope Power System (DIPS) program in 1988 and continued on with the Advanced Stirling Converter development, Multi-Mission RTG development and Advanced RTG studies for the Advanced Thermoelectric Converter (ATEC) program. This experience spans more than 50 years in the design, system engineering, integration and testing of the space nuclear electrical power systems. In addition, Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne designed the Phoebus nozzles and LH2 feed systems for the Rover Program and supported the Nuclear Engine for Rocket Vehicle Application (NERVA) Program which demonstrated Nuclear Thermal Rocket (NTR) technologies in the 1960s and 70s. In the 1990s, Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne, working with NASA, developed designs for a Bimodal Nuclear Thermal Propulsion (BNTR) unit for the joint production of electrical power and thrust from the single reactor unit.
KW - Bimodal
KW - Nuclear fission
KW - Nuclear thermal propulsion
KW - SNAP
KW - Space power
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/79960873657
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:79960873657
SN - 9781617828461
T3 - Nuclear and Emerging Technologies for Space 2011, NETS-2011
SP - 408
EP - 424
BT - Nuclear and Emerging Technologies for Space 2011, NETS-2011
T2 - Nuclear and Emerging Technologies for Space 2011, NETS-2011
Y2 - 7 February 2011 through 10 February 2011
ER -