Duration
36h Th, 28h Pr
Number of credits
| Specialised master in nuclear engineering | 5 crédits |
Lecturer
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Language(s) of instruction
English language
Organisation and examination
Teaching in the first semester, review in January
Schedule
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
- Reactor heat generation
- Transport equations (single-phase & two-phase flow)
- Thermal analysis of fuel elements
- (Single-phase fluid mechanics and heat transfer)-usually already known
- Two-phase flow dynamics
- Two-phase heat transfer
- Single heated channel; steady state analysis
- Single heated channel; transient analysis
- Flow loops
- Utilisation of established codes.
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
- 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.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning)
- 2 t.m.
- SCK*CEN guidance for demonstrations with codes
Recommended or required readings
Todreas, N.E. and Kazimi, M.S. Nuclear System I: Thermal Hydraulic Fundamentals, Hemisphere
Publishing Corp., New York, 1990.
Todreas, N. E. and Kazimi, M.S. Nuclear Systems II: Elements of Thermal Hydraulic Design,
Hemisphere Publishing Corp., New York, 1990.
Cumo, M. Impianti Nucleari, UTET,Torino, 1976.
Assessment methods and criteria
Work placement(s)
Organizational remarks
Contacts
Katrien Van Tichelen: kvtichel@sckcen.be Marcel Weber: mweber@sckcen.be