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Д.И. Андрианов, Л.Э. Захаренков, А.В. Каревский, А.В. Попов, С.А. Попов и др.
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Инженерный журнал: наука и инновации
# 7
2016
Space power propulsion systems with gas turbine power
conversion system of closed Brayton cycle of high power
and characteristic features of their experimental testing
© D.I. Andrianov, L.E. Zakharenkov, A.V. Karevskiy,
A.V. Popov, S.A. Popov, A.V. Semenkin, A.E. Solodukhin,
D.N. Terekhov,
S.Yu. Shtonda
State Research Centre Federal State Unitary Enterprise
Keldysh Research Centre, Moscow, 125438, Russia
The desire to use power propulsion systems (PPS) of high power in space exploration has
existed since the earliest stages of astronautics development and, over the time the need
for their creation is becoming more urgent. By means of high power PPS, it becomes
possible to solve a large number of transport, transport and energy, and energy problems
for the benefit of economy, science and global security. The creation of such PPS is ex-
tremely challenging and requires a thorough development of individual elements of the
installation, as well as joint tests of different systems on the ground test bench and in the
outer space during the flight test. The paper includes data on currently actual projects
which are being conducted in the world in the field of high power nuclear PPS. The arti-
cle also gives general information about the basic PPS subsystems, composition and re-
quirements for the test bench base for developing the key PPS elements. Moreover, we
examine potential composition and appearance of the test bench for powerful gas turbine
converters, operating in a closed Brayton cycle.
Keywords
: outer space, Brayton cycle, power propulsion system, gas turbine conversion
system, test bench base.
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