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Todreas, Neil E., and Mujid S. Kazimi. Nuclear Systems Volume 1: Thermal Hydraulic Fundamentals. 2nd ed. CRC Press, 2011. ISBN: 9781439808870. [Preview with Google Books] (Revised Printing. CRC Press, July 2015.) [See also the book's errata website]
Additional useful references are listed below the table.
| LEC # | TOPICS | READINGS & RESOURCES | PROBLEMS | PROBLEMS DUE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Course introduction Reactor types |
Slides: [T&K] Chapter 1. | 1.1 | Lec 4 |
| 2 | Reactor heat generation | [T&K] Chapter 2.3 and Chapter 3.1–3.5 and 3.9–3.10. | 2.1, 2.2, 3.1, 3.4, 3.5 and 3.7 | Lec 4 |
| 3 |
Thermal design principles Conservation equations | [T&K] Chapter 2.1–2.2 and 2.4–2.6, Chapter 4.3.2 and 4.5.1–4.5.3. | 2.6, 4.8 (except part 3) and 4.9 | Lec 4 |
| 4 |
Incompressible fluid, ideal gas and pure substance models Thermodynamic analysis of nuclear plants: Power cycle examples |
[T&K] Chapter 6.3–6.7. Constitutive Relationships for Solids, Incompressible Fluids, Ideal Gases and Pure Substances (PDF) | 2.5, 4.5 (only parts 1 and 2), 4.7, 6.4, 6.5, 6.7 and 6.12 | Lec 6 |
| 5 | Thermodynamic analysis of nuclear plants: Containment | [T&K] Chapter 7. | 7.1 and 7.2 | Lec 8 |
| 6 | Thermodynamic analysis of nuclear plants: Containment (cont.) | [T&K] Chapter 7 (cont.) | 7.6 and 7.7 | Lec 8 |
| 7 | Thermodynamic analysis of nuclear plants: Other examples | [T&K] Chapter 7 (cont.) | 7.9 and 7.14 | Lec 9 |
| 8 | Thermal analysis of fuel elements: Temperature distributions | [T&K] Chapter 8.1–8.3, 8.5 and 8.7. | 8.4 and 8.5 | Lec 9 |
| 9 | Thermal analysis of fuel elements: Burnup effects and maximum temperature in the core | [T&K] Chapter 8.6 and Chapter 14.5.1. | 8.8, 8.10, 14.8 and 14.10 | Lec 11 |
| 10 | Quiz 1: In class, open book, all material from Lecture 7 | |||
| 11 | Single phase thermal-hydraulics: Introduction | [T&K] Chapter 9.1–9.4 and Chapter 10.1–10.2. | 9.1 and 9.2 | Lec 13 |
| 12 | Single phase thermal-hydraulics: Fluid dynamics and heat transfer |
[T&K] Chapter 9.5–9.6 and Chapter 10.5. | 9.5, 10.9, 10.10 and 14.9 | Lec 15 |
| 13 | Single phase thermal-hydraulics: Loop analysis, turbulence |
[T&K] Chapter 4.6 and Chapter 10.3–10.4.
| 9.4, 9.8N (PDF) and 10.6 | Lec 15 |
| 14 | Two phase flow: Basic parameters and models |
[T&K] Chapter 5.4–5.5 and Chapter 11.1–11.5. Videos of two-phase flow regimes | 5.1, 5.3, 11.5 and 11.7 | Lec 18 |
| 15 | Two phase flow: Pressure drop and instabilities | [T&K] Chapter 11.6 and 11.8. | 11.8, 11.9, 11.10 and 11.11 | Lec 18 |
| 16 | Two phase flow: Critical flow | [T&K] Chapter 11.7. | 11.12, 11.13N (PDF) | Lec 18 |
| 17 | Two phase heat transfer: Pool boiling | [T&K] Chapter 12.1–12.6. | 12.1, 12.3, 12.4 and 12.6 | Lec 20 |
| Quiz 2: Take-home, open book, all material from Lectures 8–13 | Due at 12:00pm one day after Lec 17 | |||
| 18 | Two phase heat transfer: Flow boiling |
[T&K] Chapter 13.1–13.3. Groeneveld, D. C., et al. "The 2006 CHF Look-up Table." Nuclear Engineering and Design 237, no. 15–17 (2007): 1909–22. | 13.2 and 13.3 | Lec 20 |
| 19 | Two phase heat transfer: Boiling crises and post-boiling-crisis heat transfer |
[T&K] Chapter 13.4. Videos
| 13.4, 13.6, 13.7 and 14.7 | Lec 22 |
| 20 | Two phase flow and heat transfer: Condensation | [T&K] Chapter 12.7. | 12.7 | Lec 22 |
| 21 | Two phase flow and heat transfer: In-class demonstrations of flow regimes, instabilities, boiling, natural circulation | |||
| 22 | Structural mechanics: Elasticity fundamentals and thin-shell theory |
Note L.4: Introduction to Structural Mechanics (PDF - 1.1MB) Note L.6: Behavior of Solids In Simple Mechanical Tests (PDF) | Structural mechanics problems S.1, S.2 (PDF) | optional |
| 23 | Structural mechanics: Stress categorization and ASME Codes |
Synoptic Guide to ASME Codes (PDF) (Courtesy of Anna Erickson. Used with permission.) ASME Vessel Design Limits (PDF) (Courtesy of Anna Erickson. Used with permission.) | Structural mechanics problems S.3, S.4, S.5 (PDF) | optional |
| 24 | Structural mechanics: Creep, fatigue | Excerpt from ASME Boiler & Pressure Vessel Code, Section III, 2007: Subsections NB-3213 "Terms Relating to Stress Analysis" through NB-3229 "Design Stress Values," pp. 45–65. | ||
| Final exam: 3 hours, open book, covers entire course with specific attention to material of Lectures 13–25 |
Useful References
General Nuclear Engineering
Knief, R. A. Nuclear Engineering: Theory and Technology of Commercial Nuclear Power. Hemisphere Publishing Corporation, 1992. ISBN: 9781560320890. [Preview with Google Books]
Thermal-Hydraulics
Conservation equations Bird, R. B., W. E. Stewart, and E. N. Lightfoot. Transport Phenomena. John Wiley and Sons, 1960. ISBN: 9780471073925.
Single-phase fluid dynamics and heat transfer Incropera, F. P., and D. P. DeWitt. Fundamentals of Heat and Mass Transfer. John Wiley and Sons, 1990. ISBN: 9780471517290.
Boiling & two-phase flow Carey, V. P. Liquid-Vapor Phase-Change Phenomena. 2nd ed. CRC Press, 2007. ISBN: 9781591690351.
PWR thermal design Tong, L. S., and J. Weisman. Thermal Analysis of Pressurized Water Reactors. 3rd ed. Amer Nuclear Society, 1996. ISBN: 9780894480386.
BWR thermal design Jr. Lahey, T. R., and F. J. Moody. The Thermal-Hydraulics of a Boiling Water Nuclear Reactor. 2nd ed. American Nuclear Society, 1993. ISBN: 9780894480379.
Thermal-hydraulic design methodologies Todreas, N. E., and M. S. Kazimi. Nuclear Systems II: Elements of Thermal Hydraulic Design. CRC Press, 1990. ISBN: 9781560320791. [Preview with Google Books]
Structural Mechanics
Harvey, J. F. Theory and Design of Pressure Vessels. Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1985. ISBN: 9780442232481.
"ASME Boiler & Pressure Vessel Code, An International Code." (PDF) Section II and Section III (Subsections NB and NH), 2007.