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Figure Legend:
Radial overview of reactor core [4]

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Figure Legend:
Core loop consists of a core, which heats a coolant fluid, then passes it to reheaters, then to the intermediate heat exchanger, and then to the external heat exchanger for the core loop

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Figure Legend:
Power cycle loop consists of compression, intercooling, regeneration, primary heating, expansion, reheating, and primary heat rejection

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Figure Legend:
T–s (temperature versus entropy) (a) and P–v (pressure versus specific volume) (b) diagrams for an ideal Brayton cycle configuration with no regeneration, intercooling, or reheating

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Mass Optimization of a Supercritical CO2 Brayton Cycle Power Conversion System for a Mars Surface Fission Power Reactor
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T–s (a) and P–v (b) diagrams for an ideal Brayton cycle configuration with no regeneration, intercooling, or reheating

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Mass Optimization of a Supercritical CO2 Brayton Cycle Power Conversion System for a Mars Surface Fission Power Reactor
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Figure Legend:
Trade study of regeneration effectiveness, analyzing (a) cycle efficiency and (b) net work out. A mass-optimized effectiveness occurs around 60%.

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Mass Optimization of a Supercritical CO2 Brayton Cycle Power Conversion System for a Mars Surface Fission Power Reactor
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Figure Legend:
Trade studies of intercooling and reheating, analyzing (a) cycle efficiency and (b) net work out

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Mass Optimization of a Supercritical CO2 Brayton Cycle Power Conversion System for a Mars Surface Fission Power Reactor
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Figure Legend:
Trade study of turbine inlet temperature, analyzing (a) cycle efficiency and (b) net work out

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Figure Legend:
Trade study of compressor inlet temperature, analyzing (a) cycle efficiency and (b) net work out

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Mass Optimization of a Supercritical CO2 Brayton Cycle Power Conversion System for a Mars Surface Fission Power Reactor
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Figure Legend:
Trade study of turbine inlet pressure, analyzing (a) cycle efficiency and (b) net work out

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Figure Legend:
Trade study of pressure ratio, analyzing (a) cycle efficiency and (b) net work out

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Mass Optimization of a Supercritical CO2 Brayton Cycle Power Conversion System for a Mars Surface Fission Power Reactor
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Figure Legend:
Trade study of isentropic efficiencies of turbines and compressors, analyzing (a) cycle efficiency and (b) net work out

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Mass Optimization of a Supercritical CO2 Brayton Cycle Power Conversion System for a Mars Surface Fission Power Reactor
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Figure Legend:
Trade study of all configurations