Description:

• The purpose of this course is to present comprehensive instruction at the graduate level in the principles of thermal-hydraulic analysis of nuclear power systems, with special emphasis towards the analysis of nuclear power reactors. The conservation equations of mass, motion and energy of a continuum are developed in a generalized form. Their solutions are illustrated throughout by their application to problems arising in the design of nuclear systems. The problems of non-continuum flow and heat transfer are briefly introduced and their applications to nuclear design problems are illustrated. The course includes a brief review of energy conversion cycles used in nuclear power plants. Formerly Electrical Engineering 239B.

Prerequisites:

• NE 160

Textbook:

• To be announced