Publications by Subject - JM Tournier (2014)

PARTIAL LIST OF PUBLICATIONS BY SUBJECT – Dr. Jean-Michel Tournier
TRANSIENT OPERATION OF INTEGRATED POWER PLANTS
El–Genk, M. S., J.–M. Tournier and B. M. Gallo, “Dynamic Simulation of a Space Reactor System with Closed
Brayton Cycle Loops,” Journal of Propulsion and Power, 26 (3), 2010, 394–406.
El–Genk, M. S. and J.–M. Tournier, “DynMo-CBC: Dynamic Simulation Model of a Space Reactor Power
System with Multiple CBC Loops,” 7th
Annual International Energy Conversion Engineering Conference
(IECEC-09), held in Denver, CO, 2–5 August 2009, Paper No. AIAA-2009-4596.
Tournier, J.–M. and M. S. El–Genk, Improvement to Sandia’s Reactor, Power and Control Simulator (RPCSIM)
Code: RPCSIM-33-UNM, Final Report to Dr. Steven Wright, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM,
under Project and Task 127006 0.02 ARS II-Z, PR 1105132, December 2009.
El–Genk, M. S. and J.–M. Tournier, “DynMo-TE: Dynamic Simulation Model of Space Reactor Power System
with ThermoElectric Converters,” Nuclear Engineering and Design, 236 (23), 2006, 2501–2529.
El–Genk, M. S. and J.–M. Tournier, “Startup and Load-Following Transients of a Thermoelectric Space Reactor
System with No Single Point Failure,” 3rd International Energy Conversion Engineering Conference (IECEC-
2005), held in San Francisco, CA, 15 – 18 August, 2005, Paper No. AIAA-2005-5715.
El–Genk, M. S. and J.–M. Tournier, “DynMo: Dynamic Simulation Model for Space Reactor Power Systems,”
Space Technology and Applications International Forum (STAIF-2005), American Institute of Physics, Melville,
NY, AIP-CP-746, 2005, 1005–1020.
HIGH-TEMPERATURE NUCLEAR REACTOR (HTR) POWER PLANTS
El–Genk, M. S. and J.–M. Tournier, “On the Performance of Very High Temperature Reactor Plants with Direct
and Indirect Closed Brayton Cycles,” J. Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power, 132, 2010, 032902-1 to -7.
El–Genk, M. S. and J.–M. Tournier, “Effects of Working Fluid and shaft Rotation Speed on the Performance of
HTR Plants and the Size of CBC Turbo-Machine,” Nuclear Engineering and Design, 239, 2009, 1811–1827.
El–Genk, M. S. and J.–M. Tournier, “Performance Analyses of VHTR Plants with Direct and Indirect Closed
Brayton Cycles and Different Working Fluids,” Progress in Nuclear Energy, 51, 2009, 556–572.
El–Genk, M. S. and J.–M. Tournier, “Small Size Turbo-Machines for HTR Plants,” 2009 ASME Power
Conference, July 21 – 23, 2009, Albuquerque, NM, ASME Paper No. POWER2009-81171.
El–Genk, M. S. and J.–M. Tournier, “Performance Comparison of VHTR Plants with Direct and Indirect Energy
Conversion Cycles,” 4th
International Topical Meeting on High Temperature Reactor Technology (HTR2008),
September 28 – October 1, 2008, Washington DC, ASME Paper No. HTR2008-58276.
Tournier, J.–M. and M. S. El–Genk, “Alternative Working Fluids to Reduce Size of Turbomachinery for VHTR
Plants,” International Congress on Advances in Nuclear Power Plants (ICAPP’08), held June 8-12, 2008, in
Anaheim, CA, Paper No. 8072, American Nuclear Society, La Grange Park, IL.
Sal B. Rodriguez, S. B., Gauntt, R. O., Cole, R., McFadden, K., Gelbard, F., Drennen, T., Malczynski, L., Martin,
B., Louie, D. L. Y., Archuleta, L., El-Genk, M. S., Tournier, J.–M., Espinoza, F., Vierow, K., Hogan, K.,
Revankar, S. T. and S. Oh, Development of Design and Simulation Model and Safety Study of Large-Scale
Hydrogen Production Using Nuclear Power, Sandia National Laboratories Report No. SAND2007-6218, October
2007, Albuquerque, NM.
Tournier, J.–M. and M. S. El–Genk, Performance Models and Results of Axial-Flow, Multistage Turbine and
Compressor Units and Generic Heat Exchanger for CBC Power Plants, and Fortran Source Code for
MELCOR-H2, Report No. UNM-ISNPS-3-2007 to Salvador Rodriguez, Sandia National Laboratories,
Albuquerque, NM, under “Thermo-Chemical Generation of Hydrogen” Initiative, September 2007.
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Tournier, J.–M. and M. S. El–Genk, Point-Kinetics Model for MELCOR-H2, Report No. UNM-ISNPS-1-2007 to
Salvador Rodriguez, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM, under “Thermo-Chemical Generation of
Hydrogen” Initiative, March 2007.
El–Genk, M. S. and J.–M. Tournier, “Noble Gas Binary Mixtures for Closed Brayton Cycle Space Reactor Power
Systems,” Journal of Propulsion and Power, 23 (4), 2007, 863–873.
El–Genk, M. S. and J.–M. Tournier, “Noble Gas Binary Mixtures for Brayton Nuclear Power Plants,” ANS
Winter Meeting & Nuclear Technology Expo, held in Albuquerque, NM, 12–16 November 2006, American
Nuclear Society, La Grange Park, IL, Paper No. AIAA-2006-4168.
DYNAMIC ENERGY CONVERSION: TURBOMACHINERY
Tournier, J.–M. and M. S. El–Genk, “Axial Flow, Multi-Stage Turbine and Compressor Models,” Journal of
Energy conversion and Management, 51, 2010, 16–29.
El–Genk, M. S., J.–M. Tournier and B. M. Gallo, “Dynamic Simulation of a Space Reactor System with Closed
Brayton Cycle Loops,” Journal of Propulsion and Power, 26 (3), 2010, 394–406.
El–Genk, M. S. and J.–M. Tournier, “DynMo-CBC: Dynamic Simulation Model of a Space Reactor Power
System with Multiple CBC Loops,” 7th
Annual International Energy Conversion Engineering Conference
(IECEC-09), held in Denver, CO, 2–5 August 2009, Paper No. AIAA-2009-4596.
El–Genk, M. S. and J.–M. Tournier, “On the Performance of Very High Temperature Reactor Plants with Direct
and Indirect Closed Brayton Cycles,” J. Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power, 132, 2010, 032902-1 to -7.
El–Genk, M. S. and J.–M. Tournier, “Effects of Working Fluid and shaft Rotation Speed on the Performance of
HTR Plants and the Size of CBC Turbo-Machine,” Nuclear Engineering and Design, 239, 2009, 1811–1827.
El–Genk, M. S. and J.–M. Tournier, “Performance Analyses of VHTR Plants with Direct and Indirect Closed
Brayton Cycles and Different Working Fluids,” Progress in Nuclear Energy, 51, 2009, 556–572.
El–Genk, M. S. and J.–M. Tournier, “Small Size Turbo-Machines for HTR Plants,” 2009 ASME Power
Conference, July 21 – 23, 2009, Albuquerque, NM, ASME Paper No. POWER2009-81171.
El–Genk, M. S. and J.–M. Tournier, “Performance Comparison of VHTR Plants with Direct and Indirect Energy
Conversion Cycles,” 4th
International Topical Meeting on High Temperature Reactor Technology (HTR2008),
September 28 – October 1, 2008, Washington DC, ASME Paper No. HTR2008-58276.
Tournier, J.–M. and M. S. El–Genk, “Alternative Working Fluids to Reduce Size of Turbomachinery for VHTR
Plants,” International Congress on Advances in Nuclear Power Plants (ICAPP’08), held June 8-12, 2008, in
Anaheim, CA, Paper No. 8072, American Nuclear Society, La Grange Park, IL.
El–Genk, M. S. and J.–M. Tournier, “On the Use of Noble Gases and Binary Mixtures as Reactor Coolants and
CBC Working Fluids,” Energy Conversion and Management, 49 (7), 2008, 1882–1891.
Tournier, J.–M. and M. S. El–Genk, “Properties of Noble Gases and Binary Mixtures for Closed Brayton Cycle
Applications,” Journal of Energy conversion and Management, Special Issue on Space Nuclear Power and
Propulsion, 49 (3), 2008, 469–492.
El–Genk, M. S. and J.–M. Tournier, “Noble Gas Binary Mixtures for Gas-Cooled Reactor Power Plants,”
Nuclear Engineering and Design, 238 (6), 2008, 1353–1372.
Tournier, J.–M. and M. S. El–Genk, Performance Models and Results of Axial-Flow, Multistage Turbine and
Compressor Units and Generic Heat Exchanger for CBC Power Plants, and Fortran Source Code for
MELCOR-H2, Report No. UNM-ISNPS-3-2007 to Salvador Rodriguez, Sandia National Laboratories,
Albuquerque, NM, under “Thermo-Chemical Generation of Hydrogen” Initiative, September 2007.
El–Genk, M. S. and J.–M. Tournier, “Noble Gas Binary Mixtures for Closed Brayton Cycle Space Reactor Power
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Gallo, M. B., M. S. El–Genk and J.–M. Tournier, “Compressor and Turbine Models of Brayton Units for Space
Nuclear Power Systems,” Space Technology and Applications International Forum (STAIF-2007), American
Institute of Physics, Melville, NY, AIP-CP-880, 2007, 472–482.
Tournier, J.–M. and M. S. El–Genk, Models of Turbine and Compressor Units for MELCOR Secondary System
Modules, Report No. UNM-ISNPS-2-2006 to Salvador Rodriguez, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque,
NM, under “Thermo-Chemical Generation of Hydrogen” Initiative, Performance Period of March – July 2006.
El–Genk, M. S. and J.–M. Tournier, “Selection of Noble Gas Binary Mixtures for Brayton Space Reactor Power
Systems,” 4th International Energy Conversion Engineering Conference (IECEC-2006), held in San Diego, CA,
26 – 29 June 2006, Paper No. AIAA-2006-4168.
El–Genk, M. S. and J.–M. Tournier, Task on Modeling of Turbomachinery Components, Letter Report to
Salvador Rodriguez, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM, under “Thermo-Chemical Generation of
Hydrogen” Initiative, Performance Period of June – September 2005.
THERMOPHYSICAL AND THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES OF FLUIDS
Tournier, J.–M. and M. S. El–Genk, “Properties of Helium, Nitrogen, and He-N2 Binary Gas Mixtures,” Journal
of Thermophysics and Heat Transfer, 22 (3), 2008, 442–456.
Tournier, J.–M. and M. S. El–Genk, “Properties of Noble Gases and Binary Mixtures for Closed Brayton Cycle
Applications,” Journal of Energy conversion and Management, Special Issue on Space Nuclear Power and
Propulsion, 49 (3), 2008, 469–492.
Tournier, J.–M. and M. S. El–Genk, “Transport Properties of Helium-Nitrogen Binary Gas Mixtures for CBC
Space Applications,” Space Technology and Applications International Forum (STAIF-2008), American Institute
of Physics, Melville, NY, AIP-CP-969, 2008, 637–647.
Tournier, J.–M. and M. S. El–Genk, “Best Estimates of Binary Mixtures Properties for Closed Brayton Cycle
Space Applications,” 4th International Energy Conversion Engineering Conference (IECEC-2006), held in San
Diego, CA, 26 – 29 June 2006, Paper No. AIAA-2006-4154.
GRAPHITE OXIDATION
El–Genk, M. S., J.–M. Tournier and C. I. Contescu, “Chemical Kinetics Parameters and Model Validation for the
Gasification of PCEA Nuclear Graphite,” Journal of Nuclear Materials, 444 (1), 2014, 112 – 128.
El–Genk, M. S. and J.–M. Tournier, “Advances in Gasification of Nuclear Graphite: Chemical Reactions,
Kinetics Model Validation and Analyses Results,” in Graphite: Properties, Occurrences and Uses, Quinton C.
Campbell, Ed., 2013, Book Chapter 1, 24838.
El–Genk, M. S. and J.–M. Tournier, “Transient Gasification in an NBG-18 Coolant Channel of a VHTR
Prismatic Fuel Element,” International Journal of Progress in Nuclear Energy, 64, 2013, 16–30.
El–Genk, M. S. and J.–M. Tournier, “Sherwood Number Correlation for Nuclear Graphite Gasification at High
Temperatures,” International Journal of Progress in Nuclear Energy, 62, 2013, 26–36.
El–Genk, M. S. and J.–M. Tournier, “Chemical Kinetics Parameters of Nuclear Graphite Gasification,” Journal
of Nuclear Energy Science and Technology, 7 (3), 2013, 258–284.
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El–Genk, M. S. and J.–M. Tournier, “Validation of Gasification Model for NBG-18 Nuclear Graphite,” Nuclear
Engineering and Design, 250, 2012, 142 – 155.
El-Genk, M. S. and J.-M. Tournier (2012), “Comparison of Gasification Kinetics Parameters of Different Types
of Nuclear Graphite,” in Proceedings of the 2012 International Congress on the Advances in Nuclear Power
Plants (ICAPP ’12), held in Chicago, IL, USA, June 24-28, 2012, Paper No. 12023, American Nuclear Society.
El-Genk, M. S. and J.-M. Tournier (2012), “diffusion Velocity Correlation for Nuclear Graphite Gasification at
High Temperature and Low Reynolds Numbers,” in Proceedings of the 2012 International Congress on the
Advances in Nuclear Power Plants (ICAPP ’12), held in Chicago, IL, USA, June 24-28, 2012, Paper No. 12022,
American Nuclear Society.
El–Genk, M. S. and J.–M. Tournier, “Comparison of Oxidation Model Predictions with Gasification Data of IG-
110, IG-430 and NBG-25 Nuclear Graphite,” Journal of Nuclear Materials, 420, 2012, 141 – 158.
El–Genk, M. S. and J.–M. Tournier, “Development and Validation of a Model for the Chemical Kinetics of
Graphite Oxidation,” Journal of Nuclear Materials, 411, 2011, 193 – 207.
El–Genk, M. S. and J.-M. Tournier, Graphite Oxidation Simulation in HTR Accident Conditions, FY2010 Report
for DOE NEUP Contract No. 00044825 00002, Project No. 09-830 to the University of New Mexico,
Albuquerque, NM, October 2010.
El–Genk, M. S. and J.-M. Tournier, “On Modes and Kinetics of Nuclear Graphite Oxidation in Massive Air or
Steam Ingress,” Proc. 2010 International Congress on Advances in Nuclear Power Plants (ICAPP ’10), held in
San Diego, CA, June 13 – 17, 2010, American Nuclear Society, La Grange Park, IL, Paper No. 10159.
STATIC ENERGY CONVERSION: THERMOELECTRICS
El–Genk, M. S. and J.–M. Tournier, “DynMo: Dynamic Simulation Model for Space Reactor Power Systems,”
NY, AIP-CP-746, 2005, 1005–1020.
El–Genk, M. S. and J.-M. Tournier, “Conceptual Design of HP-STMCs Space Reactor Power System for 110
kWe,” Space Technology and Applications International Forum (STAIF-2004), American Institute of Physics,
Melville, NY, AIP-CP-699, 2004, 658–672.
El–Genk, M. S. and J.–M. Tournier, “AMTEC/TE Static Converters for High Energy Utilization, Small Nuclear
Power Plants,” Energy Conversion and Management, 45, 2004, 511–535.
El–Genk, M. S. and J.–M. Tournier, “Analyses of Static Energy Conversion Systems for Small Nuclear Power
Plants,” International Journal of Progress in Nuclear Energy, 42 (3), 2003, 283–310.
Rubiolo, P., M. S. El–Genk, J.–M. Tournier et al., Novel, Integrated Reactor/Power Conversion System (LMR-
AMTEC), Final Scientific/Technical Report No. STD-ES-03-04 (DOE Award No. DE-FG03-99SF21987),
Westinghouse Electric Company LLC, Pittsburgh, PA, May 2003.
El–Genk, M. S. and J.–M. Tournier, “High Energy Utilization, Co-Generation Nuclear Power Plants with Static
Energy Conversion,” International Congress on Advanced Nuclear Power Plants (ICAPP), 2002 ANS Annual
Meeting, held in Hollywood, FL, 9–13 June 2002, American Nuclear Society, La Grange Park, IL.
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El–Genk, M. S. and J.–M. Tournier, “Static Converter for High Energy Utilization, Modular, Small Nuclear
power Plants,” 10th International Conference on Nuclear Engineering (ICONE-10), held in Arlington, VA, 14–
18 April 2002, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, New York, NY, Paper No. ICONE10-22040.
El–Genk, M. S., J.–M. Tournier, and Y. Momozaki, Novel, Integrated Reactor/Power Conversion System (NIR-
PCS): Design and Analyses of AMTEC Units and Interfacing with Nuclear Reactor, Progress Report II No.
UNM-ISNPS-2-2001 (DOE Award No. DE-FG03-99SF21987), October 2001.
El–Genk, M. S. J.–M. Tournier, J. King and Y. Momozaki, Novel, Integrated Reactor/Power Conversion System
(NIR-PCS): Alkali Metal Thermal-to-Electric Energy Conversion, Progress Report I No. UNM-ISNPS-3-2000
(DOE Award No. DE-FG03-99SF21987), October 2000.
Tournier, J.–M., M. S. El–Genk and F. Carré, “An Assessment of Thermoelectric Conversion for the ERATO–
20 kWe Space Nuclear Power System,” 25th Intersociety Energy Conversion Engineering Conference, held in
Reno, Nevada, 12–17 August 1990, Paper No. 900019, AIChE Proceedings, Part 1, 1990, 141–146.
Tournier J.–M., Design of Thermoelectric Converters for the ERATO/UO2/SS 20–kWe Space Nuclear Power
System, using Terrestrial LMFBR French Technology, for Launch using ARIANE V, Final Report,
DEMT/SERMA, French Energy Atomic Commission, Centre d’Études Nucléaires de Saclay, France, 1989.
STATIC ENERGY CONVERSION: ALKALI METAL THERMAL-TO-ELECTRIC CONVERTERS
El–Genk, M. S. and J.–M. Tournier, “SAIRS – Scalable AMTEC Integrated Reactor Space Power System,”
International Journal of Progress in Nuclear Energy, 45 (1), 2004, 25–69.
El–Genk, M. S. and J.–M. Tournier, “High Power AMTEC Converters for Deep-Space Nuclear Reactor Power
Systems,” Space Technology and Applications International Forum (STAIF-2003), American Institute of Physics,
Tournier, J.–M. and M. S. El–Genk, “Design Optimization of High Power, Liquid-Anode AMTEC,” Space
Technology and Applications International Forum (STAIF-2003), American Institute of Physics, Melville, NY,
AIP-CP-654, 2003, 740–750.
El–Genk, M. S. and J.–M. Tournier, Performance Analysis of BAPL Alkali-Metal Thermal-to-Electric Converter,
Progress Report No. UNM-ISNPS-1-2002, Performance Period: June 2001 – August 2002, DOE’s Bechtel-Bettis
Atomic Power Laboratory’s purchase order #2113711, August 2002.
Tournier, J.–M. and M. S. El–Genk, “Capillary Limit of Evaporator Wick in Alkali Metal Thermal-to-Electric
Converters,” Journal of Thermophysics and Heat Transfer, 16 (1), 2002, 141–153.
El–Genk, M. S. and J.–M. Tournier, “Performance Comparison of Potassium and Sodium Vapor Anode, Multi-
Tube AMTEC Converters,” Journal of Energy Conversion and Management, 43, 2002, 1931–1951.
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El–Genk, M. S. and J.–M. Tournier, “Static Converter for High Energy Utilization, Modular, Small Nuclear
power Plants,” 10th International Conference on Nuclear Engineering (ICONE-10), held in Arlington, VA, 14–
18 April 2002, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, New York, NY, Paper No. ICONE10-22040.
El–Genk, M. S. and J.–M. Tournier, “Analysis of a Vapor-Anode, Multi-Tube Potassium Refractory AMTEC
Converter for Space Applications,” Space Technology and Applications International Forum (STAIF-2001),
American Institute of Physics, Melville, NY, AIP-CP-552, 2001, 1066–1075.
El–Genk, M. S. and J.–M. Tournier, “Design Optimization and Integration of Nickel/Haynes-25 AMTEC Cells
into Radioisotope Power Systems,” Journal of Energy Conversion and Management, 41, 2000, 1703–1728.
Tournier, J.–M. and M. S. El–Genk, “Conical Evaporator and Liquid-Return Wick Model for Vapor-Anode,
Multi-Tube AMTEC Cells,” Space Technology and Applications International Forum (STAIF-2000), American
Institute of Physics, Melville, NY, AIP-CP-504, 2000, 1361–1370.
Tournier, J.–M. and M. S. El–Genk, “Incipient Dryout in the Evaporator of Vapor-Anode, Multi-Tube Alkali-
Metal Thermal-to-Electric Conversion Cells,” 35th International Energy Conversion and Engineering
Conference and Exhibit (IECEC-2000), Paper No. AIAA-2000-2967.
Tournier, J.–M. and M. S. El–Genk, “An Electric Model of a Vapor-Anode, Multi-Tube Alkali-Metal Thermal-
to-Electric Converter,” Journal of Applied Electrochemistry, 29 (11), 1999, 1263–1275.
Tournier, J.–M. and M. S. El–Genk, “Analysis of Test Results of a Ground Demonstration of a Pluto/Express
Power Generator,” Journal of Energy Conversion and Management, 40, 1999, 1113–1128.
Tournier, J.–M. and M. S. El-Genk, “Radiation Heat Transfer in Multitube, Alkali Metal Thermal-to-Electric
Converter,” Transactions of the ASME – Journal of Heat Transfer, 121 (1), 1999, 239–245.
Tournier, J.–M. and M. S. El-Genk, “Performance Analysis of Pluto/Express, Multitube AMTEC Cells,” Journal
of Energy Conversion and Management, 40, 1999, 139–173.
Tournier, J.–M. and M. S. El-Genk, “Sodium Vapor Pressure Losses in a Multitube, Alkali Metal Thermal-to-
Electric Converter,” Journal of Thermophysics and Heat Transfer, 13 (1), 1999, 117–125.
Tournier, J.–M., M. S. El–Genk and L. Huang, Experimental Investigations, Modeling, and Analyses of High-
Temperature Devices for Space Applications, Final Report No. AFRL-VS-PS-TR-1998-1108, Air Force Research
Laboratory, Space Vehicles Technologies Directorate, Kirtland AFB, Albuquerque, NM, January 1999.
El–Genk, M. S. and J.–M. Tournier, “Recent Advances in Vapor Anode, Multitube, Alkali Metal Thermal-to-
Electric Conversion Cells for Space Power,” 5th European Space Power Conference, held in Tarragona, Spain,
21–25 September 1998, SP-416, Paper No. 1046, European Space Agency, 1998, 257–264.
El–Genk, M. S. and J.–M. Tournier, “An Analysis of Radioisotope Power Systems Using Improved AMTEC
Cells,” 33rd Intersociety Energy Conversion Engineering Conference, Paper No. 98054, American Nuclear
Society, Chicago, IL, 1998.
Tournier, J.–M. and M. S. El–Genk, “An Analysis of AMTEC, Multi-Cell Ground Demo for the Pluto/Express
Mission,” 33rd Intersociety Energy Conversion Engineering Conference, Paper No. 98057, American Nuclear
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Tournier, J.–M. and M. S. El–Genk, “AMTEC Performance and Evaluation Analysis Model (APEAM):
Comparison with Test Results of PX-4C, PX-5A, and PX-3A Cells,” Space Technology and Applications
International Forum (STAIF-98), American Institute of Physics, New York, NY, AIP-CP-420, Part 3, 1998,
1576–1585. This paper won the STAIF-98 Outstanding Paper Award.
THERMAL MANAGEMENT OF SPACE POWER SYSTEMS
Tournier, J.–M. and M. S. El–Genk, “Liquid Metal Loop and Heat Pipe Radiator for Space Reactor Power
El–Genk, M. S. and J.–M. Tournier, “High Temperature Water Heat Pipes Radiator for a Brayton Space Reactor
Power System,” Space Technology and Applications International Forum (STAIF-2006), American Institute of
Physics, Melville, NY, AIP-CP-813, 2006, 716–729.
Tournier, J.–M. and M. S. El–Genk, “Liquid Metal Heat Pipes Radiator for Space Nuclear Reactor Power
Systems,” 3rd International Energy Conversion Engineering Conference (IECEC-2005), held in San Francisco,
CA, 15 – 18 August, 2005, Paper No. AIAA-2005-5701.
Tournier, J.–M. and M. S. El–Genk, “Radiator Heat Pipes with C-C Fins and Armor for Space Nuclear Reactor
Power Systems,” Space Technology and Applications International Forum (STAIF-2005), American Institute of
Tournier, J.–M. and M. S. El–Genk, “Reactor Lithium Heat Pipes for HP-STMCs Space Reactor Power System,”
NY, AIP-CP-699, 2004, 781–792.
El–Genk, M. S. and J.–M. Tournier, “Conceptual Design of a 100–kWe Space Nuclear Reactor Power System
with High-Power AMTEC,” Space Technology and Applications International Forum (STAIF-2003), American
Institute of Physics, Melville, NY, AIP-CP-654, Part I, 2003, 397–407.
Tournier, J.–M. and M. S. El–Genk, “Analysis of a Lithium Fluoride, Porous Thermal Energy Storage Unit
Subjected to Cyclical Thermal Loading,” Space Technology and Applications International Forum (STAIF-
1997), American Institute of Physics, New York, NY, AIP-CP-387, Part 1, 1997, 397–406.
HEAT PIPES TECHNOLOGY, DESIGN AND MODELING
El–Genk, M. S. and J.–M. Tournier, “Uses of Liquid Metal and Water Heat Pipes in Space Reactor Power
Systems,” Frontiers in Heat Pipes, 2 (1), 2011, 013002, URL: http://www.ThermalFluidsCentral.org.
El–Genk, M. S. and J.–M. Tournier, “High Temperature Water Heat Pipes Radiator for a Brayton Space Reactor
Power System,” Space Technology and Applications International Forum (STAIF-2006), American Institute of
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Tournier, J.–M. and M. S. El–Genk, “Radiator Heat Pipes with C-C Fins and Armor for Space Nuclear Reactor
NY, AIP-CP-699, 2004, 781–792.
Tournier, J.–M. and M. S. El–Genk, “Startup of a Horizontal Lithium-Molybdenum Heat Pipe from a Frozen
State,” International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 46, 2003, 671–685.
El–Genk, M. S. and J.–M. Tournier, “Challenges and Fundamentals of Modeling Heat Pipes’ Startup from a
Frozen State,” Space Technology and Applications International Forum (STAIF-2002), American Institute of
Tournier, J.–M. and M. S. El–Genk, “Current Capabilities of HPTAM for Modeling High-Temperature Heat
Pipes’ Startup from a Frozen State,” Space Technology and Applications International Forum (STAIF-2002),
El–Genk, M. S. and J.–M. Tournier, Numerical Modeling of High Temperature Heat Pipe Transients, Including
Startup from a Frozen State, Final Report No. UNM-ISNPS-1-2001 – Vol. 1, May 2001.
El–Genk, M. S. and J.–M. Tournier, User’s Manual for H2
PAC, a Two-Dimensional High Temperature Heat
Pipe Analysis Code, Including Frozen Startup, Final Report No. UNM-ISNPS-1-2001 – Vol. 2, April 2001.
Tournier, J.–M. and M. S. El–Genk, “A Vapor Flow Model for Analysis of Liquid–Metal Heat Pipes Startup
from a Frozen State,” International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 39 (18), 1996, 3767–3780.
Tournier, J.–M. and M. S. El–Genk, “Transient Analysis of the Startup of a Sodium Heat Pipe from a Frozen
State,” Space Technology and Applications International Forum (STAIF-1996), American Institute of Physics,
New York, NY, AIP-CP-361, Part 2, 1996, 1121–1127. This paper won the 1996 Manuel Lujan, Jr. Best
Student Paper Award.
Tournier, J.–M. and M. S. El–Genk, HPTAM, a Two–Dimensional Heat Pipe Transient Analysis Model,
Including the Startup from a Frozen State, Final Report No. NAG3–941, NASA Lewis Research Center,
Cleveland, OH, May 1996.
Tournier, J.–M. and M. S. El–Genk, User's Manual for HPTAM, a Two–Dimensional Heat Pipe Transient
Analysis Model, Including the Startup from a Frozen State, User's Manual No. NAG3–941, NASA Lewis
Research Center, Cleveland, OH, September 1995.
Tournier, J.–M. and M. S. El–Genk, “Transient Analysis of the Startup of a Water Heat Pipe from a Frozen
State,” Journal of Numerical Heat Transfer – Part A, Applications, 28 (4), 1995, 461–486.
El–Genk, M. S., Huang, L. and J.–M. Tournier, “Transient Experiments of an Inclined Copper–Water Heat Pipe,”
Journal of Thermophysics and Heat Transfer, 9 (1), 1995, 109–116.
El–Genk, M. S. and J.–M. Tournier, “A Critical Review of Free–Molecular and Transition Flow Regimes in Heat
Pipes,” an invited paper to the 9th International Heat Pipe Conference, held in Albuquerque, NM, 1–5 May
1995, M. A. Merrigan, Ed., Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, Part 1, 1995, 497–508.
Tournier, J.–M. and M. S. El–Genk, “HPTAM for Modeling Heat and Mass Transfers in a Heat Pipe Wick,
during Startup from a Frozen State,” 12th Symposium on Space Nuclear Power and Propulsion, American
Institute of Physics, New York, NY, AIP-CP-324, Part 1, 1995, 123–134.
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Tournier, J.–M. and M. S. El–Genk, “A Segregated Solution Technique for Simulating the Transient Operation
of Heat Pipes,” Journal of Numerical Heat Transfer – Part B, Fundamentals, 25 (3), 1994, 331–355.
Tournier, J.–M. and M. S. El–Genk, “A Heat Pipe Transient Analysis Model,” International Journal of Heat and
Mass Transfer, 37 (5), 1994, 753–762.
LIQUID ALKALI METAL TECHNOLOGY
Tournier, J.–M. and M. S. El–Genk, “Bellows-Type Accumulators for Liquid Metal Loops of Space Reactor
El–Genk, M. S. and J.–M. Tournier, “A Review of Refractory Metal Alloys and Mechanically Alloyed-Oxide
Dispersion Strengthened Steels for Space Nuclear Power Systems,” Journal of Nuclear Materials, 340, 2005, 93–
112.
El–Genk, M. S., S. Hatton, C. Fox and J.–M. Tournier, “SCoRe – Concepts of Liquid Metal Cooled Space
Reactors for Avoidance of Single-Point Failure,” Space Technology and Applications International Forum
(STAIF-2005), American Institute of Physics, Melville, NY, AIP-CP-746, 2005, 473–484.
El–Genk, M. S. and J.-M. Tournier, “Mechanically Alloyed – Oxide Dispersion Strengthened Steels for Use in
Space Nuclear Power Systems,” Space Technology and Applications International Forum (STAIF-2004),
NY, AIP-CP-699, 2004, 781–792.
Tournier, J.–M. and M. S. El–Genk, “Capillary Limit of Evaporator Wick in Alkali Metal Thermal-to-Electric
Converters,” Journal of Thermophysics and Heat Transfer, 16 (1), 2002, 141–153.
El–Genk, M. S. and J.–M. Tournier, “Performance Comparison of Potassium and Sodium Vapor Anode, Multi-
Tube AMTEC Converters,” Journal of Energy Conversion and Management, 43, 2002, 1931–1951.
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El–Genk, M. S. and J.–M. Tournier, “Challenges and Fundamentals of Modeling Heat Pipes’ Startup from a
Frozen State,” Space Technology and Applications International Forum (STAIF-2002), American Institute of
INNOVATIVE REACTOR POWER SYSTEM DESIGNS
El–Genk, M. S., S. Hatton, C. Fox and J.–M. Tournier, “SCoRe – Concepts of Liquid Metal Cooled Space
Reactors for Avoidance of Single-Point Failure,” Space Technology and Applications International Forum
(STAIF-2005), American Institute of Physics, Melville, NY, AIP-CP-746, 2005, 473–484.
NY, AIP-CP-699, 2004, 781–792.
RADIOISOTOPIC HEATER UNITS AND POWER SYSTEMS
El–Genk, M. S. and J.–M. Tournier, “An Analysis of Coated Particles Fuel Compact-General Purpose Heat
Source (CPFC-GPHS),” International Journal of Progress in Nuclear Energy, 44 (3), 2004, 215–236.
El–Genk, M. S. and J.-M. Tournier, “Coated Particles Fuel Compact – General Purpose Heat Source for
Advanced Radioisotope Power Systems,” Space Technology and Applications International Forum (STAIF-
2003), American Institute of Physics, Melville, NY, AIP-CP-654, 2003, 361–367.
El–Genk, M. S. and J.–M. Tournier, “Performance Analysis of Coated Plutonia Particle Fuel Compact for
Radioisotope Heater Units,” Journal of Nuclear Engineering and Design, 208 (1), 2001, 29–50.
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El–Genk, M. S. and J.–M. Tournier, “Estimates of Helium Gas Release in 238
PuO2 Fuel Particles for Radioisotope
Heat Sources and Heater Units,” Journal of Nuclear Materials, 280, 2000, 1–17.
El–Genk, M. S., J.–M. Tournier, J. A. Sholtis, Jr. and R. J. Lipinski, “Coated Particle Fuel for Radioisotope
Power Systems and Heater Units – Status and Future Research Needs,” Space Technology and Applications
International Forum (STAIF-2000), AIP-CP-504, Part 2, 2000, 1466–1475.
Tournier, J.–M. and M. S. El–Genk, “Performance Analysis of Coated 238
PuO2 Fuel Particles Compact for
Radioisotope Heater Units,” Space Technology and Applications International Forum (STAIF-2000), AIP-CP-
504, Part 2, 2000, 1458–1465.
El–Genk, M. S., J.–M. Tournier, “Helium Release from 238
PuO2 Fuel Particles,” Space Technology and
Applications International Forum (STAIF-2000), AIP-CP-504, Part 2, 2000, 1437–1447.
El–Genk, M. S. and J.–M. Tournier, Study of a Coated-Particle Fuel Form for Advanced Radioisotope Heat
Sources – Part I: A Review of Coated-Particle Fuel Performance, Fabrication Techniques and Materials
Properties, Final Report No. UNM-ISNPS-5-1999, Part I to the U.S. DOE, October 1999.
El–Genk, M. S. and J.–M. Tournier, Study of a Coated-Particle Fuel Form for Advanced Radioisotope Heat
Sources – Part II: Coated-Particle Fuel Design Model and Potential of Advanced Radioisotope Heat Sources,
Final Report No. UNM-ISNPS-5-1999, Part II to the U.S. DOE, October 1999.
Tournier, J.–M. and M. S. El–Genk, “Analysis of Test Results of a Ground Demonstration of a Pluto/Express
Power Generator,” Journal of Energy Conversion and Management, 40, 1999, 1113–1128.
El–Genk, M. S. and J.–M. Tournier, “An Analysis of Radioisotope Power Systems Using Improved AMTEC
Cells,” 33rd Intersociety Energy Conversion Engineering Conference, Paper No. 98054, American Nuclear
Tournier, J.–M. and M. S. El–Genk, “An Analysis of AMTEC, Multi-Cell Ground Demo for the Pluto/Express
Mission,” 33rd Intersociety Energy Conversion Engineering Conference, Paper No. 98057, American Nuclear
THERMAL ENERGY STORAGE
Tournier, J.–M. and M. S. El–Genk, “Analysis of a Lithium Fluoride, Porous Thermal Energy Storage Unit
Subjected to Cyclical Thermal Loading,” Space Technology and Applications International Forum (STAIF-
1997), American Institute of Physics, New York, NY, AIP-CP-387, Part 1, 1997, 397–406.
Tournier, J.–M. and M. S. El–Genk, “Effect of Thermocapillary Convection on Change–of–Phase in Reduced
and Micro–Gravity,” 1996 National Heat Transfer Conference, held in Houston, TX, 3–5 August 1996, AIChE
Symposium Series—Heat Transfer, 1996.
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