Thermal-Hydraulic Analysis of Nuclear Reactors

• Main Authors: Zohuri, Bahman (Author), Fathi, Nima (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2015.
• Subjects: Engineering.; Applied mathematics.; Engineering mathematics.; Thermodynamics.; Heat engineering.; Heat transfer.; Mass transfer.; Fluid mechanics.; Nuclear engineering.; Engineering Thermodynamics, Heat and Mass Transfer.; Appl.Mathematics/Computational Methods of Engineering.; Engineering Fluid Dynamics.; Nuclear Engineering.

This text covers the fundamentals of thermodynamics required to understand electrical power generation systems and the application of these principles to nuclear reactor power plant systems. It is not a traditional general thermodynamics text, per se, but a practical thermodynamics volume intended t...

Table of Contents:

• An Introduction to Thermal Hydraulic Aspects of Nuclear Power Reactors
• Thermodynamics
• Transport Properties
• General Conservation Equations
• Laminar Incompressible Forced Convection
• Turbulent Forced Convection
• Compressible Flow
• Conduction Heat Transfer
• Forced Convection Heat Transfer
• Natural or Free Convection
• Mass Transfer
• Thermal Radiation
• Multi-Phase Flow Dynamics
• Convective Boiling
• Thermal Stress
• Heat Exchangers
• Analysis of Reactor Accident
• Probabilistic Risk Assessment
• Nuclear Power Plants
• Nuclear Fuel Cycle
• The Economic Future of Nuclear Power
• Safety, Waste Disposal, Containment, and Accidents
• Appendix A: Table and Graphs Compilations
• Appendix B: Physical Property Tables
• Appendix C: Units, Dimensions and Conversion Factors
• Appendix D: Physical Properties
• Appendix E: Fluid Property Data
• Appendix F: Basic Equations.