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LEC # TOPICS KEY DATES
1 Course Introduction

Two-phase Flow Definitions
2 Conservation Equations

Flow Patterns
3 Flow Maps

Bubbly Flow
4 Slug Flow

Annular Flow

Flooding and Flow Reversal
5 Void Fraction Modeling
6 Pressure Drop Modeling Homework 1 due
7 Steam Separation
8 Steam Separation (cont.) Homework 2 due
9 Steam Separation (cont.)
10 Instabilities (Guest Lecture - Dr. P. Saha)
11 Critical Flow (Guest Lecture - Dr. P. Saha)
12 Bubble Nucleation Homework 3 due
13 Pool Boiling
14 Mid-term Quiz Homework 4 due
15 Introduction to Flow Boiling

Onset of Nucleate Boiling
16 Subcooled and Saturated Flow Boiling
17 Boiling Crisis: Departure from Nucleate Boiling
18 Boiling Crisis: Departure from Nucleate Boiling (cont.) Homework 5 due
19 Boiling Crisis: Dryout
20 Post-boiling-crisis Heat Transfer (Guest Lecture - Dr. P. Saha)
21 The Nuclear Reactor Thermal-hydraulic Problem Homework 6 due
22 Transient Analysis (Single Channel)
23 Loop Analysis
24 Multiple Heated Channels Connected at Plena
25 Subchannel Analysis Homework 7 due
26 Treatment of Uncertainties

Course Evaluation
Final Exam