公开(公告)号：US5095707A

公开(公告)日：1992-03-17

申请号：US478539

申请日：1990-02-12

申请人： Marshall B. Eck

发明人： Marshall B. Eck

IPC分类号： B64G1/42 ,  F02C1/05 ,  F02C7/052 ,  G21D5/02

CPC分类号： G21D5/02 ,  B64G1/421 ,  F02C1/05 ,  F02C7/052 ,  Y10S165/903

摘要： A method for generating power and a power supply for use in the atmosphere on Mars that use the Martian atmosphere as a working fluid. The power supply has an open Brayton cycle combined turbocompressor and turbogenerator that use the Martian atmosphere for their operation. The Martian atmosphere working fluid picks up heat derived from a nuclear heat source that transfers the heat to the working fluid by laminar flow heat exchange. The combined turbocompressor and turbogenerator have provisions for separating dust from the dust laden Martian atmosphere and for operating with any residual Martian atmospheric dust that is ingested into the combined turbocompressor and turbogenerator. Reliability of operation is achieved by having two functionally separate power operating units that each have their own combined turbocompressor and turbogenerator and by only using one power unit at a time.

摘要翻译： 一种用于在火星上使用火星大气作为工作流体的大气中使用的电力和电源的方法。 电源有一个开放的Brayton循环组合涡轮压缩机和涡轮发电机，使用火星的气氛进行操作。 火星大气层的工作流体吸收源自核热源的热量，通过层流热交换将热量传递给工作流体。 组合式涡轮压缩机和涡轮发电机具有分离灰尘和满载的火星大气层的作用，以及与吸入涡轮压缩机和涡轮发电机组合的任何残留的火星大气尘埃的运行。 操作的可靠性通过使两个功能分离的动力操作单元各自具有它们自己的组合涡轮压缩机和涡轮发电机以及一次仅使用一个动力单元来实现。