Accession Number:

AD0838873

Title:

A 2.5-MEGAWATT GRAPHITE HEATER FOR NITROGEN GAS.

Descriptive Note:

Final rept.

Corporate Author:

NAVAL ORDNANCE LAB WHITE OAK MD

Personal Author(s):

• Cornett, Ray H.
• Garner, John W.
• Schlesinger, Melvin I.
• Kaplan, Leon

Report Date:

1968-06-01

Pagination or Media Count:

28.0

Abstract:

The report describes a low-voltage, single-phase graphite heater which will deliver 1.5 pounds of nitrogen gas per second at a pressure of 600 atmospheres and at temperatures up to 2500 Rankine.

Descriptors:

• *HYPERSONIC WIND TUNNELS
• *HEATERS
• *ARC HEATERS
• TEST METHODS
• GRAPHITE
• NITROGEN
• CONTROLLED ATMOSPHERES
• HEATING
• POWER SUPPLIES
• INSTRUMENTATION

Subject Categories:

• Air Conditioning, Heating, Lighting and Ventilating
• Test Facilities, Equipment and Methods

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE