Nuclear electric power : safety, operation and control aspects

Nuclear electric power : safety, operation and control aspects / J.B. Knowles.

This book contains engineering assessments of the options for replacing the existing, aged, fossil-fired power stations with renewable, gas-fired, or nuclear plants. It also assesses the engineering of renewable sources for commercial power generation and discusses the important aspects of the desig...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Knowles, J. B. (James Brian), 1936-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Hoboken, New Jersey : John Wiley & Sons Inc., 2013.
Series:Engineering professional collection
Subjects:
Nuclear power plants.
Nuclear reactors > Safety measures.
Nuclear reactors > Control.
Nuclear energy.
Electric power systems.
nuclear power plants.
nuclear power.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Mechanical.
Electric power systems
Nuclear energy
Nuclear power plants
Nuclear reactors > Control
Nuclear reactors > Safety measures
dissertations.
Academic theses
Academic theses.
Thèses et écrits académiques.
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Table of Contents:
  • Glossary
  • Principal Nomenclature
  • 1. Energy Sources, Grid Compatibility, Economics and the Environment
  • Background
  • Geothermal Energy
  • Hydro-Electricity
  • Solar Energy
  • Tidal Energy
  • Wind Energy
  • Fossil-Fired Power Generation
  • Nuclear Generation and Reactor Choice
  • A Prologue
  • 2. Adequacy of Linear Models and Nuclear Reactor Dynamics
  • Linear Models, Stability and Nyquist Theorems
  • Mathematical Descriptions of a Neutron Population
  • Point Model of Neutron Kinetics
  • Temperature and Other Operational Feedback Effects
  • Reactor Control : Its Stable Period and Re-equilibrium
  • 3. Some Power Station and Grid Control Problems
  • Steam Drum Water-Level Control
  • Flow Stability in Parallel Boiling Channels
  • Grid Power Systems and Frequency Control
  • Grid Disconnection for a Nuclear Station with Functioning Scram
  • 4. Some Aspects of Nuclear Accidents and Their Mitigation
  • Reactor Accident Classification by Probabilities
  • Hazards from an Atmospheric Release of Fission Products
  • Mathematical Risk, Event Trees and Human Attitudes
  • The Farmer-Beattie Siting Criterion
  • Examples of Potential Severe Accidents in Fast Reactors and PWRs with their Consequences
  • 5. Molten Fuel Coolant Interactions : Analyses and Experiments
  • A History and a Mixing Analysis
  • Coarse Mixtures and Contact Modes in Severe Nuclear Accidents
  • Some Physics of a Vapor Film and its Interface
  • Heat Transfer from Contiguous Melt
  • Heat Transfer at a Liquid-Vapor Interface and the Condensation Coefficient
  • Kinetics, Heat Diffusion, a Triggering Simulation and Reactor Safety
  • Melt Fragmentation, Heat Transfer, Debris Sizes and MFCI Yield
  • Features of the BUBEX Code and an MFTF Simulation
  • 6. Primary Containment Integrity and Impact Studies
  • Primary Containment Integrity
  • The Pi-Theorem, Scale Models and Replicas
  • Experimental Impact Facilities
  • Computational Techniques and an Aircraft Impact
  • 7. Natural Circulation, Passive Safety Systems and Debris-bed Cooling
  • Natural Circulation in Nuclear Plant
  • Passive Safety Systems for Water Reactors
  • Core Debris-bed Cooling in Water Reactors
  • Epilogue.

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