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Course on

SINGLE AND TWO-PHASE THERMAL HYDRAULICS

(for nuclear energy applications)

 

 

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Course Outilne and Content

The course is aimed to provide basic and advanced concepts about single and two-phase fluid-dynamic and thermal-hydraulics, enabling the learner to understand relevant phenomena of interest for nuclear reactor analysis and to apply them to classical problems. The content is conceived to progress from single to two-phase physical background, to quantitative analysis, also proposing exercises to be performed either manually or with the aid of computer programming.

 

The course is made of the following units (the duration is related to the videos):

·         Guidelines (0:39 hours)

·         Unit 1 – Fluids and Balance Equations (4:30 hours)

·         Unit 2 – Laminar Flow, Navier-Stokes Equations and Boundary Layer Phenomena (4:51 hours)

·         Unit 3 – Heat Transfer in Laminar Flow (3:17 hours video)

·         Unit 4 – Momentum and Heat Transfer in Turbulent Flow (4:47 hours)

·         Unit 5a – Natural Circulation in Single-Phase Flow (1:33 hours video)

·         Unit 5b – Notes on Compressible Single-Phase Flow (1:18 hours)

·         Unit 5c – More on Turbulence (1:59  hours)

·         Unit 6 – Two-Phase Flow: General Definitions, Flow Regime Maps and Balance Equations (8:09 hours)

·         Unit 7 – Pressure Drops and Heat Transfer in Two-Phase Flow (6:10 hours)

·         Unit 8 – Some Specific Phenomena in Two-Phase Flow: Critical Flow, Flooding and Boiling Channel Instabilities (2:37 hours)

 

·         Unit E1 – Basic Exercises on Heat Conduction  (5:32 hours)

·         Unit E2 – Examples of Application of Lumped Parameter Balance Equations (5:20 hours)

·         Unit E3 – Basic Balances for LWRs (2:07 hours)

·         Unit E4 – Basic Applications of CFD Codes (4:18 hours)

·         Unit E5 – Basic Applications of the RELAP5 Code  (1:47 hours)

 

Detailed Learning Outcomes are reported at this link

 

Requested Background

The learner is assumed to have basic knowledge of Mathematics, Physics, Applied Thermodynamics and basic programming skills at least at a level of BSc in Physics or Engineering (EQF Level 6). 

 

Teacher

Prof. Walter Ambrosini (see the CV)

Universitΰ di Pisa

Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile e Industriale

Largo Lucio Lazzarino, 2

I-56216 PISA

 

Method of Delivery

Asynchronous e-learning. Links to the Video and Written course material available on the Moodle of the University of Pisa https://elearn.ing.unipi.it/.

 

Final Examination

Mainly oral, with proposed application problems. Modalities to be determined.

 

Availability of the course material

Available (since September 1st 2018)