Thermal Hydraulics in Power Technology

Readings

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.”

LEC #	TOPICS	READINGS
1	Course introduction Two-phase flow definitions	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.
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 EPRI correlation for void fraction in vertical flow (PDF) (Courtesy of the Idaho National Laboratory.)
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.
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.
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 The shape factor for DNB heat flux calculation in non-uniform heated channels (PDF) 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.
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.)
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
	Final exam