GENU2005-1 : Nuclear thermal hydraulics

Study Programmes 2015-2016

GENU2005-1

Nuclear thermal hydraulics

Duration :

36h Th, 28h Pr

Number of credits :

Specialised master in nuclear engineering		5

Lecturer :

Language(s) of instruction :

English language

Organisation and examination :

Teaching in the first semester, review in January

Units courses prerequisite and corequisite :

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

Course contents :

Learning outcomes of the course :

To be familiarised with various reactor types and their main design and operational
characteristics
To learn how to estimate the volumetric heat generation rate in fission reactor cores under
normal operation and shutdown conditions
To learn how to analyse the thermal performance of nuclear fuel elements
To learn the basic fluid mechanics of single phase reactor cooling systems
To learn to calculate pressure drop in reactor systems, including tube bundles, and spacer
grids
To learn to analyse the heat transfer characteristics of single phase reactor cooling systems
To learn the basic fluid mechanics of two-phase systems, including flow regime maps, void-quality relations, pressure drop, and critical flow
To learn the fundamentals of boiling heat transfer, and its implications for reactor design
To learn the fundamentals of core thermal design, with attention to design uncertainty
analysis and hot channel factors.

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