Heat Pipe Applications in Fission Driven Nuclear Power Plants

• Main Author: Zohuri, Bahman (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Subjects: Energy systems.; Thermodynamics.; Heat engineering.; Heat transfer.; Mass transfer.; Nuclear energy.; Energy Systems.; Engineering Thermodynamics, Heat and Mass Transfer.; Nuclear Energy.

This book presents a new and innovative approach for the use of heat pipes and their application in a number of industrial scenarios, including space and nuclear power plants. The book opens by describing the heat pipe and its concept, including sizing, composition and binding energies. It contains...

Table of Contents:

• Chapter 1. Why Nuclear Power Plant Energy
• Chapter 2. Small Modular Reactors and Innovative Efficient Enhancement Design
• Chapter 3. Design and Analysis of Core Design for Small Modular Reactors
• Chapter 4. Thermodynamic Cycles
• Chapter 5. Modeling The Nuclear Air Brayton Combined Cycle
• Chapter 6. Basic Principles of Heat Pipes and History
• Chapter 7. Direct Reactor Auxiliary Cooling System
• Chapter 8. Application Of Heat Pipes To Fissionable Nuclear Reactor
• Chapter 9. Design Guide and Heat Pipe Selection
• Chapter 10. Heat Pipe Manufacturing.