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Textbooks
Required Texts
Collier, J. G., and J. R. Thome. Convective Boiling and Condensation. 3rd ed. New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 1996. ISBN: 9780198562962.
Todreas, N. E. and M. S. Kazimi. Nuclear Systems. Vol. 2. New York, NY: Francis & Taylor, 1990. ISBN: 9781560320791.
Recommended Texts
Whalley, P. B. Boiling, Condensation and Gas-Liquid Flow. New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 1987. ISBN: 9780198562344.
Tong, L. S., and Y. S. Tang. Boiling Heat Transfer and Two-Phase Flow. 2nd ed. New York, NY: Francis & Taylor, 1997. ISBN: 9781560324850.
Hsu, Y.-Y., and R. W. Graham. Transport Processes in Boiling and Two- Phase Systems. La Grange Park, IL: American Nuclear Society, 1987.
Todreas, N. E., and M. S. Kazimi. Nuclear Systems. Vol. 1. New York, NY: Francis & Taylor, 1990. ISBN: 9781560320791.
Tong, L. S., and J. Weisman. Thermal Analysis of Pressurized Water Reactors. 3rd ed. La Grange Park, IL: American Nuclear Society, 1996. ISBN: 9780894480386.
Lahey, R. T. Jr., and F. J. Moody. The Thermal-Hydraulics of a Boiling Water Nuclear Reactor. 2nd ed. La Grange Park, IL: American Nuclear Society, 1993.
Readings by Session
Readings from the Collier and Thome text are abbreviated "C&T." Readings from the Todreas and Kazimi text are abbreviated "T&K."
Course readings.
| LEC # |
TOPICS |
READINGS |
| 1 |
Course introduction
Two-phase flow definitions
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C&T, sections 1.1-1.5 |
| 2 |
Conservation equations
Flow patterns
|
C&T, sections 2.1-2.2
C&T, section 1.6
|
| 3 |
Flow maps
Bubbly flow
|
C&T, section 1.6
Handout
Whalley, P. B. "Bubbly and Plug Flow," and "Detailed Phenomena in Annular Flow: Wave Behaviour, Deposition, and Entrainment." Chapters 3 and 9 in Boiling, Condensation and Gas-Liquid Flow. Oxford, UK: Clarendon Press, 1987. ISBN: 9780198561811.
Lahey, Jr., R. T., and F. J. Moody. The Thermal-Hydraulics of a Boiling Water Nuclear Reactor. 2nd ed. La Grange Park, IL: American Nuclear Society, 1977, pp. 233-241. ISBN: 9780894480102.
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| 4 |
Slug flow
Annular flow
Flooding and flow reversal
|
C&T, section 3.5
Handout
Whalley, P. B. "Bubbly and Plug Flow," and "Detailed Phenomena in Annular Flow: Wave Behaviour, Deposition, and Entrainment." Chapters 3 and 9 in Boiling, Condensation and Gas-Liquid Flow. Oxford, UK: Clarendon Press, 1987. ISBN: 9780198561811.
Lahey, Jr., R. T., and F. J. Moody. The Thermal-Hydraulics of a Boiling Water Nuclear Reactor. 2nd ed. La Grange Park, IL: American Nuclear Society, 1977, pp. 233-241. ISBN: 9780894480102.
|
| 5 |
Void fraction modeling |
C&T, sections 3.1-3.4
Handout
(PDF)# (Courtesy of the Idaho National Laboratory.)
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| 6 |
Pressure drop modeling |
C&T, sections 2.3-2.4 and 3.8 |
| 7-9 |
Steam separation |
Handout
Griffith, Peter. "Steam-water Separation." Multiphase Science and Technology 9 (1997): 381-437.
|
| 10 |
Instabilities, Lecture by Dr. Pavel Hejzlar |
Handout
Tong, L. S., and Y. S. Tang. "Instability of Two-Phase Flow." Chapter 6 in Boiling Heat Transfer and Two- Phase Flow. 2nd ed. Philadelphia, PA: Taylor and Francis, 1997. ISBN: 9781560324850.
Saha, P., M. Ishii, and N. Zuber. "An Experimental Investigation of the Thermally Induced Flow Oscillations in Two-Phase Systems." Journal of Heat Transfer 98 (1976): 616-622.
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| 11 |
Critical flow, Lecture by Dr. Pavel Hejzlar |
Handout
Levy, S. "Critical Flow." Chapter 6 in Two-Phase Flow in Complex Systems. New York, NY: John Wiley & Sons, 1999. ISBN: 9780471329671.
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| 12 |
Bubble nucleation |
C&T, sections 4.1-4.3 |
| 13 |
Pool boiling |
C&T, section 4.4 |
| 14 |
Mid-term quiz (open book)
All material through Lecture 11
|
|
| 15 |
Introduction to flow boiling
Onset of nucleate boiling
|
C&T, sections 4.5 and 5.1-5.3 |
| 16 |
Subcooled and saturated flow boiling |
C&T, sections 5.4-5.5, 6.1-6.2, and 7.1-7.4 |
| 17 |
Boiling crisis: Departure from nucleate boiling |
C&T, sections 8, 9.1-9.2, and 9.7
Handout
Appendix D in the VIPRE Code User's Manual, Revision 2.
|
| 18 |
Boiling crisis: Dryout |
C&T, sections 8 and 9.7 |
| 19 |
Post-boiling-crisis heat transfer, Lecture by Prof. Peter Griffith |
C&T, section 7.5
Handout
Groeneveld, D. C., L. K. H. Leung, A. Z. Vasic, Y. J. Guo, and S. C. Cheng. "A Look-up Table for Fully Developed Film-boiling Heat Transfer." Nuclear Engineering and Design 225 (2003): 83-97.
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| 20 |
Condensation |
C&T, section 10 |
| 21 |
The power system thermalhydraulic problem |
T&K, chapter 1 |
| 22 |
Transient analysis (single channel) |
T&K, chapter 2, III(A,B), III(A)
Handout
Meyer, John E. "Conservation Equations, Characteristics, and Applications." Final Project Report: Enclosure MIT-FIV-8c. January 31, 1999. (Document internal to MIT.)
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| 23 |
Loop analysis |
T&K, chapter 3 |
| 24 |
Multiple heated channels connected at plena
|
T&K, chapter 4, I-V, VIII |
| 25 |
Subchannel analysis, Lecture by Prof. Neil Todreas |
T&K, chapter 6, I-III, V |
| 26 |
Treatment of uncertainties, Lecture by Prof. Neil Todreas |
T&K, chapter 8, I-IV |
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Final exam |
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