Entry requirements

60 credits in physics/engineering including a basic course in calculus.

Learning outcomes

On completion of the course the student shall be able to:

• Describe thermal and thermodynamical processes in a nuclear power plant.
• Carry out heat balance calculations for light water reactor (LWR) processes.
• Analyse and solve problems of fluid technology regarding pressure drops for one- and two-phase flows.
• Analyse and solve problems of heat transport in thermal systems of relevance for LWRs.
• Reflect on the significance of void in LWRs, apply different void models and explain the void feedbacks different LWRs can give rise to.
• Explain and reflect on thermal constraints in a nuclear power plant under normal operation.
• Explain the design and function of steam turbines in LWRs.
• Reflect on constraints in performance and efficiency of steam turbines. 

Content

Thermohydraulics for light water reactor applications including two-phase flows and steam turbine technology. Thermodynamics: Heat balances for light water reactors, vapour content and void, void correlations. Heat technology:  principles of heat transfer (conduction, convection and radiation), critical heat flow, boiling, dry out and departure from nucleate boiling. Incompressible fluid mechanics: One- and two-phases flow, laminar and turbulent flow, flow regimes, pressure drops for one- and two-phase flows, critical flow. Steam turbine technology: facility knowledge of steam turbines for LWRs, regeneration, reheating and moisture content.

Instruction

Lectures, problem solving exercises, and mandatory study visit.

Assessment

Hand-in exercises (2 credits), computer exercises (1 credit) and oral examination (2 credits).

If there are special reasons for doing so, an examiner may make an exception from the method of assessment indicated and allow a student to be assessed by another method. An example of special reasons might be a certificate regarding special pedagogical support from the disability coordinator of the university.