Publisher : Taylor & Francis (September 1990)
ISBN : 978-1560320791
Number of Pages : 505
File Type : PDF
This book can serve as a textbook for two to three courses at the advanced undergraduate and the graduate student level. It is also suitable as a basis for continuing education of engineers in the nuclear power industry, who wish to expand their knowledge of the principles of thermal analysis of nuclear systems. The book, in fact, was an outgrowth of the course notes used for teaching several classes at MIT over a period of nearly 15 years.
The book is meant to cover more than thermal hydraulic design and analysis of the core of a nuclear reactor. Thus, in several parts and examples, other components of the nuclear power plant such as the pressurizer, the containment and the entire primary coolant system are addressed. In this respect the book reflects the importance of such considerations in thermal engineering of a modern nuclear power plant. The traditional concentration on the fuel elementdesign in earlier textbooks was appropriate when the fuel performance had a higher share of the cost of electricity than in modern plants. The cost of the nuclear electricity proved to be more influenced by the steam supply system and the containment building than previously anticipated.
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