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Optimization of a recompression supercritical nitrous oxide and helium Brayton cycle for space nuclear system

Xinyu Miao, Haochun Zhang, Wenbo Sun, Qi Wang, Chenxu Zhang

2021Energy48 citationsDOI

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Brayton cycleOverall pressure ratioWorking fluidNuclear engineeringGas compressorThermal efficiencySupercritical fluidIsentropic processNitrous oxideOperating temperatureMaximum power principleThermodynamicsMaterials scienceChemistryProcess engineeringPower (physics)EngineeringPhysicsCombustionOrganic chemistryAdvanced Thermodynamic Systems and EnginesThermodynamic and Exergetic Analyses of Power and Cooling SystemsSpacecraft and Cryogenic Technologies