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Proving DRACO will deliver
The United States is now closer than it has been in over five decades to launching the first nuclear thermal rocket into space, thanks to DRACO—the Demonstration Rocket for Agile Cislunar Orbit.
N. Saba, R. T. Lahey, Jr., J. C. Corelli
Nuclear Technology | Volume 48 | Number 1 | April 1980 | Pages 5-15
Technical Paper | Reactor | doi.org/10.13182/NT80-A32443
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An instrument has been developed to continuously measure the steam content in flowing steam/air mixtures. This instrument is nonintrusive and thus can be used in existing and proposed future experimental facilities in such a way as to not affect the flow field. The instrument detects the steam content by measuring the differential attenuation of infrared radiation passing through the flowing fluid. A small steam/air test facility has been designed and constructed and was used to calibrate this instrument. Experiments have indicated an instrument accuracy of ±5% in the measurement of steam/air fraction. This is particularly impressive considering the small (1.9-cm) steam/air attenuation path utilized.
