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Nuclear Thermal Rocket Element Environmental Simulator (NTREES) Upgrade ActivitiesTo support the on-going nuclear thermal propulsion effort, a state-of-the-art non nuclear experimental test setup has been constructed to evaluate the performance characteristics of candidate fuel element materials and geometries in representative environments. The facility to perform this testing is referred to as the Nuclear Thermal Rocket Element Environment Simulator (NTREES). This device can simulate the environmental conditions (minus the radiation) to which nuclear rocket fuel components will be subjected during reactor operation. Test articles mounted in the simulator are inductively heated in such a manner so as to accurately reproduce the temperatures and heat fluxes which would normally occur as a result of nuclear fission and would be exposed to flowing hydrogen. Initial testing of a somewhat prototypical fuel element has been successfully performed in NTREES and the facility has now been shutdown to allow for an extensive reconfiguration of the facility which will result in a significant upgrade in its capabilities
Document ID
20120015749
Acquisition Source
Marshall Space Flight Center
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Emrich, William J. Jr. (NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Huntsville, AL, United States)
Moran, Robert P. (NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Huntsville, AL, United States)
Pearson, J. Boise (NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Huntsville, AL, United States)
Date Acquired
August 26, 2013
Publication Date
July 29, 2012
Subject Category
Spacecraft Propulsion And Power
Report/Patent Number
M12-1953
Meeting Information
Meeting: 48th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference & Exhibit
Location: Atlanta, GA
Country: United States
Start Date: July 29, 2012
End Date: August 1, 2012
Sponsors: American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Society of Automotive Engineers, Inc., NASA Headquarters, American Inst. of Aeronautics and Astronautics, American Society for Engineering Education
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.

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