EP718

Engineering Physics 718 - Reactor Heat Transport System Simulation and Analysis

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This page contains legacy information for a previous offering of this course. It does not apply to the current offering of this course.
This course was also delivered to Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand in 1998 (archive copy) and as a basis for the UNENE course UN804.

Course description:

Two-fluid two-phase modelling of thermalhydrailic phenomena in reactor heat transport systems including modeling and simulation of postulated accidents. Topics include: two-fluid conservation equations and constitutive correlations, nodalization schemes and numerical methods applied in thermalhydraulic network simulation, equation of state and the rate method, computer code development, CATHENA computer code specific theory, numerical algorithms, and flow regime modelling. This is a simulation-based course; it includes CATHENA simulation assignments.

One lecture per week
Prerequisite: registraton in a graduate program in Engineering Physics or equivalent
Instructors: Dr Nik Popov, popovn@aecl.ca, 905-823-9060, extension 3623
On campus contact: Dr W.G. Garland, garlandw@mcmaster.ca, NRB 117, ext. 24925

Course Administration:

Course Outline - to come
Schedule

Course Notes

Chapter 0 - Forward and Table of Contents (pdf 131kb) reprinted 2003.05.22 to fix a font problem
Chapter 1 - Introduction (pdf 64kb)
Chapter 2 - Basic Equations (pdf 204kb) reprinted 2003.05.22 to fix a font problem
Chapter 3 - Nodalization (pdf 224kb) reprinted 2003.05.22 to fix a font problem
Chapter 4 - Equation of State (pdf 219kb) reprinted 2003.05.22 to fix a font problem
Chapter 5 - Rate Form of the Equation of State (pdf 242kb) reprinted 2003.05.22 to fix a font problem
Chapter 6 - Thermalhydraulic Network Simulation (pdf 177kb) reprinted 2003.05.22 to fix a font problem
Chapter 7 - Empirical Correlations (pdf 587kb) reprinted 2003.05.22 to fix a font problem
Chapter 8 - Design Tools (pdf 111kb) reprinted 2003.05.22 to fix a font problem
References (pdf 48kb)
Appendix 1 (pdf 54kb) new as of 2003.09.26
Appendix 2 (pdf 241kb) new as of 2003.09.26
Appendix 3 (pdf 91kb) new as of 2003.09.26

Assignments and Tests

2000
- Test 1 (pdf 23kb) as of 2004.03.21
- Test 2 (pdf 14kb) as of 2004.03.21

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