Mass, Momentum, And Energy Transfer In Energy Systems

Overview of reactor systems, reactor thermal-hydraulics fundamentals, single-phase flow and two-phase flow formulations, basics on single-phase laminar and turbulent flows, one-dimensional analysis of reactor systems, mixture and two-fluid formulations, basic two-phase flow phenomena pertinent to reactor thermal-hydraulics.

NUCL55100

Credit Hours:

3

Learning Objective:

Formulations for analyzing complicated thermal-hydraulic phenomena in energy systems. Derivation of two-phase flow field equations and constitutive relations. Thermal-hydraulic modeling of nuclear reactor systems. Analyses of nuclear reactor safety related phenomena based on conservation principles

Description:

Overview of reactor systems, reactor thermal-hydraulics fundamentals, single-phase flow and two-phase flow formulations, basics on single-phase laminar and turbulent flows, one-dimensional analysis of reactor systems, mixture and two-fluid formulations, basic two-phase flow phenomena pertinent to reactor thermal-hydraulics.
Fall 2021 Syllabus

Prerequisites:

Undergraduate Fluid Dynamics
Undergraduate Heat Transfer

Applied / Theory:

30 / 70

Homework:

No Homework

Exams:

Midterm Exam 50% Final Exam 50% Exams are closed book and notes.

Textbooks:

Recommended but not required:
R.B. Bird, W. E. Stewart & E. N. Lightfood "Transport Phenomena" John Wiley & Sons (2nd edition)
Neil E. Todreas and Mujid S. Kazimi, Nuclear Systems I, Taylor & Francis
Mamoru Ishii and Takashi Hibiki, Thermo-fluid Dynamics of Two-Phase Flow, Springer
R. Aris, Vectors, Tensors, and Basic Equations of Fluid Mechanics, Prentice Hall