With the exception of the last test series of the Rover program, Nuclear Furnace 1, test‐reactor and rocket engine hydrogen gas exhaust generated during the Rover/NERVA program was released directly to the atmosphere, without removal of the associated fission products and other radioactive debris. Current rules for nuclear facilities (DOE Order 5480.6) are far more protective of the general environment; even with the remoteness of the Nevada Test Site, introduction of potentially hazardous quantities of radioactive waste into the atmosphere must be scrupulously avoided. The Rocketdyne treatment concept features a diffuser to provide altitude simulation and pressure recovery, a series of heat exchangers to gradually cool the exhaust gas stream to 100 K, and an activated charcoal bed for adsorption of inert gases. A hydrogen‐gas fed ejector provides auxiliary pumping for startup and shutdown of the engine. Supplemental filtration to remove particulates and condensed phases may be added at appropriate locations in the system. The clean hydrogen may be exhausted to the atmosphere and flared, or the gas may be condensed and stored for reuse in testing. The latter approach totally isolates the working gas from the environment.


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    Titel :

    Exhaust gas treatment in testing nuclear rocket engines


    Beteiligte:
    Zweig, Herbert R. (Autor:in) / Fischler, Stanley (Autor:in) / Wagner, William R. (Autor:in) / El-Genk, Mohamed S. (Herausgeber:in) / Hoover, Mark D. (Herausgeber:in)

    Kongress:

    10th SymposiumùSpace Nuclear Power and Propulsion ; 1993 ; Albuquerque, NM, USA


    Erschienen in:

    AIP Conference Proceedings ; 271 , 2 ; 999-1003


    Erscheinungsdatum :

    15.01.1993


    Format / Umfang :

    5 pages





    Medientyp :

    Aufsatz (Konferenz)


    Format :

    Elektronische Ressource


    Sprache :

    Englisch




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