The following table lists readings associated with each lecture. Book sources for these readings are:
[C&T] Collier, J. G., and J. R. Thome. Convective Boiling and Condensation. 3rd ed. New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 1996. ISBN: 0198562969.
[T&K] Todreas, N. E., and M. S. Kazimi. Nuclear Systems. Vol. 2. Philadelphia, PA: Hemisphere Publishing Corp., 1990. ISBN: 0891169369.
[W] Whalley, P. B. Boiling, Condensation, and Gas-Liquid Flow. New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 1987. ISBN: 0198561814.
Course readings.
| LEC # |
TOPICS |
READINGS |
| 1 |
Course Introduction
Two-phase Flow Definitions |
C&T, 1.1-1.5 |
| 2 |
Conservation Equations
Flow Patterns |
C&T, 2.1-2.4
C&T, 1.6 |
| 3 |
Flow Maps
Bubbly Flow |
C&T, 1.6
W, 3 |
| 4 |
Slug Flow
Annular Flow
Flooding and Flow Reversal |
C&T, 3.5
W, 9 |
| 5 |
Void Fraction Modeling |
C&T, 3.1-3.2 |
| 6 |
Pressure Drop Modeling |
C&T, 2.3-2.4, 3.8 |
| 7 |
Steam Separation |
Griffith, P. "Steam-water Separation." Multiphase Science and Technology 9 (1997): 381-437. |
| 8 |
Steam Separation (cont.) |
Griffith, P. "Steam-water Separation." Multiphase Science and Technology 9 (1997): 381-437. |
| 9 |
Steam Separation (cont.) |
Griffith, P. "Steam-water Separation." Multiphase Science and Technology 9 (1997): 381-437. |
| 10 |
Instabilities (Guest Lecture - Dr. P. Saha) |
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 (Guest Lecture - Dr. P. Saha) |
Levy, S. "Critical Flow." Chapter 6 in Two-Phase Flow in Complex Systems. New York, NY: John Wiley & Sons, 1999. ISBN: 0471329673. |
| 12 |
Bubble Nucleation |
C&T, 4.1-4.3 |
| 13 |
Pool Boiling |
C&T, 4.4 |
| 14 |
Mid-term Quiz |
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| 15 |
Introduction to Flow Boiling
Onset of Nucleate Boiling |
C&T, 4.5, 5.1-5.3 |
| 16 |
Subcooled and Saturated Flow Boiling |
C&T, 5.4-5.5, 6.1-6.2, 7.1-7.4 |
| 17 |
Boiling Crisis: Departure from Nucleate Boiling |
C&T, 8 |
| 18 |
Boiling Crisis: Departure from Nucleate Boiling (cont.) |
C&T, 9.1-9.2, 9.7
Buongiorno, J. "The shape factor for DNB heat flux calculation in non-uniform heated channels." (PDF) |
| 19 |
Boiling Crisis: Dryout |
C&T, 8, 9.7 |
| 20 |
Post-boiling-crisis Heat Transfer (Guest Lecture - Dr. P. Saha) |
C&T, 7.5
Saha, P. "A non-equilibrium heat transfer model for dispersed droplet post-dryout regime." Int J Heat Mass Transfer 23 (1980): 483-492. |
| 21 |
The Nuclear Reactor Thermal-hydraulic Problem |
T&K, 1 |
| 22 |
Transient Analysis (Single Channel) |
T&K, 2, I-II (A, B), III (A) |
| 23 |
Loop Analysis |
T&K, 3 |
| 24 |
Multiple Heated Channels Connected at Plena |
T&K, 4, I-V, VIII |
| 25 |
Subchannel Analysis |
T&K, 6, I-III, V |
| 26 |
Treatment of Uncertainties
Course Evaluation |
T&K, 8, I-IV |
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Final Exam |
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