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Design and evaluation of experimental ceramic automobile thermal reactorsThe results obtained in an exploratory evaluation of ceramics for automobile thermal reactors are summarized. Candidate ceramic materials were evaluated in several reactor designs by using both engine-dynamometer and vehicle road tests. Silicon carbide contained in a corrugated-metal support structure exhibited the best performance, lasting 1100 hr in engine-dynamometer tests and more than 38,600 km (24000 miles) in vehicle road tests. Although reactors containing glass-ceramic components did not perform as well as those containing silicon carbide, the glass-ceramics still offer good potential for reactor use with improved reactor designs.
Document ID
19740019922
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Other - NASA Technical Note (TN)
Authors
Stone, P. L. (NASA Lewis Research Center Cleveland, OH, United States)
Blankenship, C. P. (NASA Lewis Research Center Cleveland, OH, United States)
Date Acquired
September 3, 2013
Publication Date
July 1, 1974
Subject Category
Materials, Nonmetallic
Report/Patent Number
E-7175
NASA-TN-D-7706
Accession Number
74N28035
Funding Number(s)
PROJECT: RTOP 501-21
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.

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