Nuclear Thermal Hydraulics and Steam Turbine Technology
Syllabus, Bachelor's level, 1FA422
- Code
- 1FA422
- Education cycle
- First cycle
- Main field(s) of study and in-depth level
- Physics G2F, Technology G2F
- Grading system
- Fail (U), Pass (3), Pass with credit (4), Pass with distinction (5)
- Finalised by
- The Faculty Board of Science and Technology, 2 February 2024
- Responsible department
- Department of Physics and Astronomy
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 thermodynamic processes in a nuclear power plant, especially those in Light Water Reactors (LWR);
- Perform heat-balance calculations for the LWR process and solve problems in fluid mechanics regarding pressure drops in single-phase and two-phase flows;
- Solve problems concerning heat transfer in various LWR systems and explain the thermal limitations of nuclear power plant systems under normal operation;
- Reflect on the significance of voids in an LWR, apply different void models, and explain the void feedbacks that different operating parameters in an LWR can cause;
- Explain the structure and function of steam turbines for LWR and describe the limitations of performance and efficiency of steam turbines.
Content
Thermohydraulics for Light Water Reactor applications including two-phase flow and steam turbine technology.
Introductory material: Overview of the design of thermal systems in different nuclear power plants, with a focus on those used by the Swedish nuclear industry; basic thermodynamics (enthalpy, entropy); basics of heat transfer (conduction, convection, and radiation).
Thermodynamics: Heat balances for light water reactors, steam quality and void, void correlations.
Heat Engineering: Heat transfer in reactor components, critical heat flux, boiling, dryout, and departure from nucleate boiling.
Incompressible Fluid Mechanics: Single-phase and two-phase flow, laminar and turbulent flow, flow regimes, pressure drops in single-phase and two-phase flow, critical outflow.
Steam Turbine Technology: Plant knowledge, steam turbines for LWR, preheating, reheat, moisture content.
Instruction
Lectures, lessons, and mandatory study visits, computer labs.
Assessment
Written assignments (2 credits), computer labs and oral presentation (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