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10475 Nuclear Engineering and Reactor Safety
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Danish title: Atomkraftteknik og reaktorsikkerhed
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| Type: Å, Language: E |
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Credit points:
5 point |
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| | | Previous course: C4005 |
| Offered by:
Department of Physics
(FYS) |
| No credit points with: C4005 |
| Prerequisite: 10471. C1011/C1505/10005/C1512/10012/C1523/C1530/ C1802/C2200/21061/C2201/C2903 |
| Recommended semester:
4th -7th semester |
| Scope and form: Lectures and problem solving |
| Examination:
Written exam
(13 point scale
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| Contact person: |
P.L.Ølgaard, FYS, Building 309, Tel. +45 4525 3455 |
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| Aim: To give the student an understanding of thermal and flow conditions in reactors and of the special sefety aspects of reactors, to allow him/her to solve practical problems relating to heat transport and production of radioactivity in reactors, and to give him/her the necessary basis for further studies in reactor technology. |
| Contents: Determination of power and temperature distribution in a nuclear reactor. The fuel is assumed to be fuel rods. Calculation of the heat transfer from the fuel rods to the coolant, of the coolant pressure loss and the necessary pumping power; these calculations are for single-phase flow systems. Problems connected to boiling in a reactor coolant, including derivation of heat transfer and pressure loss formulas. Development of energy- and mass balances for boiling water reactors. Discussion of different types of reactor accidents and the safety measures introduced to avoid and limit these. Key words for Nuclear Engineering: Power distribution in reactors, the Fourier heat conduction equation, temperature distribution through fuel rods, Newtons cooling law, heat transfer coefficient, Dittus-Boelters correlation, pressure loss, pumping power, two-phase flow, critical heat flux, void fraction, steam quality, slip ratio, boiling height, various types of pressure losses, mass and energy balances, hydrostatic pressure in boiling channels, production of radioactive nuclides in reactors, loss-of-coolant accident, criticality accident, emergency core cooling systems, containment. |
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