Multi-Megawatt Gas Turbine Power Systems for Lunar Colonies

Computer Science – Performance

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Nuclear Power Plants, Gas Turbines, Lunar Bases, Space Colonies, Gas Cooled Reactors, Helium, Working Fluids, Thermodynamic Cycles, Thermodynamic Efficiency, Turbocompressors, Heat Sources, Fission

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A concept for development of second generation 10 MWe prototype lunar power plant utilizing a gas cooled fission reactor supplying heated helium working fluid to two parallel 5 MWe closed cycle gas turbines is presented. Such a power system is expected to supply the energy needs for an initial lunar colony with a crew of up to 50 persons engaged in mining and manufacturing activities. System performance and mass details were generated by an author developed code (BRMAPS). The proposed pilot power plant can be a model for future plants of the same capacity that could be tied to an evolutionary lunar power grid.

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