Gas core cooling requirements

aquitaine

If we were able to build a gas core reactor, how much heat would need to be dissapated? I bring this up because traditional solid core reactors require lots of heat to be pumped away (do you know the exact number?) to keep the core for melting, but since a gas core is already much hotter wouldn't the amount of heat needing to be moved away from the reactor be significantly less?

QuantumPion

The heat removed would have to be the same unless you want your reactor walls to turn to gas too :)

theCandyman

Yeah, you'll probably be removing heat at the same rate, the only difference is the operating temperature. You'll have a higher flow rate than a water cooled reactor because the specific heat of a gas is much lower.

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QuantumPion	The heat removed would have to be the same unless you want your reactor walls to turn to gas too :)

theCandyman	Yeah, you'll probably be removing heat at the same rate, the only difference is the operating temperature. You'll have a higher flow rate than a water cooled reactor because the specific heat of a gas is much lower.