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Syllabus



Syllabus

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Course Objective


To understand and model the thermal-hydraulic behavior of key components in nuclear and conventional power systems.



Course Summary


  • Two-phase flow:
    • Conservation equations
    • Flow patterns
    • Void fraction modeling
    • Pressure drop modeling
    • Steam separation
    • Instabilities
    • Critical flow
  • Two-phase heat transfer:
    • Bubble nucleation
    • Pool boiling
    • Subcooled and saturated flow boiling
    • Boiling crises
    • Post-boiling-crisis heat transfer
    • Condensation
  • Thermal design and analysis methodologies:
    • Transient analysis (Single channel)
    • Loop analysis
    • Multiple channel analysis
    • Subchannel analysis
    • Treatment of uncertainties


Texts


Amazon logo Collier, J. G., and J. R. Thome. Convective Boiling and Condensation. 3rd ed. New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 1996. ISBN: 9780198562962.

Amazon logo Todreas, N. E. and M. S. Kazimi. Nuclear Systems. Vol. 2. New York, NY: Francis & Taylor, 1990. ISBN: 9781560320791.

Students may wish to consult other useful references listed in the readings section.



Prerequisites


2.006, 10.302, 22.312 or permission of instructor.



Grading



ACTIVITIESPERCENTAGES
Homework30%
Mid-term quiz30%
Final exam40%



Homework and Reading Assignment Practices


  • Units: You are to conform to recommended engineering practice by using units based on the International System (SI).
  • In writing your answers, it is important that you supply enough information to show how you have solved the problem. It is not necessary to repeat derivations already given in enough detail in the text or lectures.
  • It is considered acceptable for you to work completely independently; consult the instructor; and/or work with other students. However, do not adopt your solution directly from any outside source without being sure that you understand both concepts and calculations. Points may be deducted if it appears that you do not understand.
  • Computer usage: most homework problems are best solved using MATLAB®, Mathcad® or other computer programs.
  • Late solutions: Solutions submitted after the due date will receive no more than 50% credit. An all-student relaxation of this rule may be announced in class for some problems.


Calendar



LEC #TOPICSKEY DATES
1

Course introduction

Two-phase flow definitions

2

Conservation equations

Flow patterns

3

Flow maps

Bubbly flow

4

Slug flow

Annular flow

Flooding and flow reversal

5Void fraction modelingHomework 1 due
6Pressure drop modeling
7-9Steam separationHomework 2 due in Lec #8
10Instabilities, Lecture by Dr. Pavel Hejzlar
11Critical flow, Lecture by Dr. Pavel Hejzlar
12Bubble nucleationHomework 3 due
13Pool boiling
14

Mid-term quiz (open book)

All material through Lec #11

15

Introduction to flow boiling

Onset of nucleate boiling

Homework 4 due
16Subcooled and saturated flow boiling
17Boiling crisis: Departure from nucleate boiling
18Boiling crisis: DryoutHomework 5 due
19Post-boiling-crisis heat transfer, Lecture by Prof. Peter Griffith
20Condensation
21The power system thermalhydraulic problemHomework 6 due
22Transient analysis (single channel)
23Loop analysis
24

Multiple heated channels connected at plena

25Subchannel analysis, Lecture by Prof. Neil TodreasHomework 7 due
26Treatment of uncertainties, Lecture by Prof. Neil Todreas

Final exam

Final will cover entire course with specific attention to material of Lec #12-26


 








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