Nuclear electric power : safety, operation, and control aspects / / J. Brian Knowles |
Autore | Knowles J. Brian |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Hoboken, New Jersey : , : John Wiley and Sons, Incorporation, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (234 p.) |
Disciplina | 621.48/3 |
Soggetto topico |
Nuclear power plants
Nuclear reactors - Safety measures Nuclear reactors - Control Nuclear energy Electric power systems |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-118-82829-1
1-118-66039-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Nuclear Electric Power: Safety, Operation, and Control Aspects; Contents; Preface; Glossary; Principal Nomenclature; 1. Energy Sources, Grid Compatibility, Economics, and the Environment; 1.1 Background; 1.2 Geothermal Energy; 1.3 Hydroelectricity; 1.4 Solar Energy; 1.5 Tidal Energy; 1.6 Wind Energy; 1.7 Fossil-Fired Power Generation; 1.8 Nuclear Generation and Reactor Choice; 1.9 A Prologue; 2. Adequacy of Linear Models and Nuclear Reactor Dynamics; 2.1 Linear Models, Stability, and Nyquist Theorems; 2.2 Mathematical Descriptions of a Neutron Population; 2.3 A Point Model of Reactor Kinetics
2.4 Temperature and Other Operational Feedback Effects 2.5 Reactor Control, its Stable Period and Re-equilibrium; 3. Some Power Station and Grid Control Problems; 3.1 Steam Drum Water-Level Control; 3.2 Flow Stability in Parallel Boiling Channels; 3.3 Grid Power Systems and Frequency Control; 3.4 Grid Disconnection for a Nuclear Station with Functioning "Scram"; 4. Some Aspects of Nuclear Accidents and Their Mitigation; 4.1 Reactor Accident Classification by Probabilities; 4.2 Hazards from an Atmospheric Release of Fission Products; 4.3 Mathematical Risk, Event Trees, and Human Attitudes 4.4 The Farmer-Beattie Siting Criterion 4.5 Examples of Potential Severe Accidents in Fast Reactors and PWR's with their Consequences; 5. Molten Fuel Coolant Interactions: Analyses and Experiments; 5.1 A History and a Mixing Analysis; 5.2 Coarse Mixtures and Contact Modes in Severe Nuclear Accidents; 5.3 Some Physics of a Vapor Film and its Interface; 5.4 Heat Transfer from Contiguous Melt; 5.5 Mass Transfer at a Liquid-Vapor Interface and the Condensation Coefficient; 5.6 Kinetics, Heat Diffusion, a Triggering Simulation, and Reactor Safety 5.7 Melt Fragmentation, Heat Transfer, Debris Sizes, and MFCI Yield 5.8 Features of the Bubex Code and an MFTF Simulation; 6. Primary Containment Integrity and Impact Studies; 6.1 Primary Containment Integrity; 6.2 The Pi-Theorem, Scale Models, and Replicas; 6.3 Experimental Impact Facilities; 6.4 Computational Techniques and an Aircraft Impact; 7. Natural Circulation, Passive Safety Systems, and Debris-Bed Cooling; 7.1 Natural Convection in Nuclear Plants; 7.2 Passive Safety Systems for Water Reactors; 7.3 Core Debris-Bed Cooling in Water Reactors; 7.4 An Epilogue; References; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910453284403321 |
Knowles J. Brian
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Hoboken, New Jersey : , : John Wiley and Sons, Incorporation, , 2014 | ||
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Nuclear electric power : safety, operation, and control aspects / / J. Brian Knowles |
Autore | Knowles J. Brian |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Hoboken, New Jersey : , : John Wiley and Sons, Incorporation, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (234 p.) |
Disciplina | 621.48/3 |
Soggetto topico |
Nuclear power plants
Nuclear reactors - Safety measures Nuclear reactors - Control Nuclear energy Electric power systems |
ISBN |
1-118-82829-1
1-118-66039-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Nuclear Electric Power: Safety, Operation, and Control Aspects; Contents; Preface; Glossary; Principal Nomenclature; 1. Energy Sources, Grid Compatibility, Economics, and the Environment; 1.1 Background; 1.2 Geothermal Energy; 1.3 Hydroelectricity; 1.4 Solar Energy; 1.5 Tidal Energy; 1.6 Wind Energy; 1.7 Fossil-Fired Power Generation; 1.8 Nuclear Generation and Reactor Choice; 1.9 A Prologue; 2. Adequacy of Linear Models and Nuclear Reactor Dynamics; 2.1 Linear Models, Stability, and Nyquist Theorems; 2.2 Mathematical Descriptions of a Neutron Population; 2.3 A Point Model of Reactor Kinetics
2.4 Temperature and Other Operational Feedback Effects 2.5 Reactor Control, its Stable Period and Re-equilibrium; 3. Some Power Station and Grid Control Problems; 3.1 Steam Drum Water-Level Control; 3.2 Flow Stability in Parallel Boiling Channels; 3.3 Grid Power Systems and Frequency Control; 3.4 Grid Disconnection for a Nuclear Station with Functioning "Scram"; 4. Some Aspects of Nuclear Accidents and Their Mitigation; 4.1 Reactor Accident Classification by Probabilities; 4.2 Hazards from an Atmospheric Release of Fission Products; 4.3 Mathematical Risk, Event Trees, and Human Attitudes 4.4 The Farmer-Beattie Siting Criterion 4.5 Examples of Potential Severe Accidents in Fast Reactors and PWR's with their Consequences; 5. Molten Fuel Coolant Interactions: Analyses and Experiments; 5.1 A History and a Mixing Analysis; 5.2 Coarse Mixtures and Contact Modes in Severe Nuclear Accidents; 5.3 Some Physics of a Vapor Film and its Interface; 5.4 Heat Transfer from Contiguous Melt; 5.5 Mass Transfer at a Liquid-Vapor Interface and the Condensation Coefficient; 5.6 Kinetics, Heat Diffusion, a Triggering Simulation, and Reactor Safety 5.7 Melt Fragmentation, Heat Transfer, Debris Sizes, and MFCI Yield 5.8 Features of the Bubex Code and an MFTF Simulation; 6. Primary Containment Integrity and Impact Studies; 6.1 Primary Containment Integrity; 6.2 The Pi-Theorem, Scale Models, and Replicas; 6.3 Experimental Impact Facilities; 6.4 Computational Techniques and an Aircraft Impact; 7. Natural Circulation, Passive Safety Systems, and Debris-Bed Cooling; 7.1 Natural Convection in Nuclear Plants; 7.2 Passive Safety Systems for Water Reactors; 7.3 Core Debris-Bed Cooling in Water Reactors; 7.4 An Epilogue; References; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910790760103321 |
Knowles J. Brian
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Hoboken, New Jersey : , : John Wiley and Sons, Incorporation, , 2014 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Nuclear electric power : safety, operation, and control aspects / / J. Brian Knowles |
Autore | Knowles J. Brian |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Hoboken, New Jersey : , : John Wiley and Sons, Incorporation, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (234 p.) |
Disciplina | 621.48/3 |
Soggetto topico |
Nuclear power plants
Nuclear reactors - Safety measures Nuclear reactors - Control Nuclear energy Electric power systems |
ISBN |
1-118-82829-1
1-118-66039-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Nuclear Electric Power: Safety, Operation, and Control Aspects; Contents; Preface; Glossary; Principal Nomenclature; 1. Energy Sources, Grid Compatibility, Economics, and the Environment; 1.1 Background; 1.2 Geothermal Energy; 1.3 Hydroelectricity; 1.4 Solar Energy; 1.5 Tidal Energy; 1.6 Wind Energy; 1.7 Fossil-Fired Power Generation; 1.8 Nuclear Generation and Reactor Choice; 1.9 A Prologue; 2. Adequacy of Linear Models and Nuclear Reactor Dynamics; 2.1 Linear Models, Stability, and Nyquist Theorems; 2.2 Mathematical Descriptions of a Neutron Population; 2.3 A Point Model of Reactor Kinetics
2.4 Temperature and Other Operational Feedback Effects 2.5 Reactor Control, its Stable Period and Re-equilibrium; 3. Some Power Station and Grid Control Problems; 3.1 Steam Drum Water-Level Control; 3.2 Flow Stability in Parallel Boiling Channels; 3.3 Grid Power Systems and Frequency Control; 3.4 Grid Disconnection for a Nuclear Station with Functioning "Scram"; 4. Some Aspects of Nuclear Accidents and Their Mitigation; 4.1 Reactor Accident Classification by Probabilities; 4.2 Hazards from an Atmospheric Release of Fission Products; 4.3 Mathematical Risk, Event Trees, and Human Attitudes 4.4 The Farmer-Beattie Siting Criterion 4.5 Examples of Potential Severe Accidents in Fast Reactors and PWR's with their Consequences; 5. Molten Fuel Coolant Interactions: Analyses and Experiments; 5.1 A History and a Mixing Analysis; 5.2 Coarse Mixtures and Contact Modes in Severe Nuclear Accidents; 5.3 Some Physics of a Vapor Film and its Interface; 5.4 Heat Transfer from Contiguous Melt; 5.5 Mass Transfer at a Liquid-Vapor Interface and the Condensation Coefficient; 5.6 Kinetics, Heat Diffusion, a Triggering Simulation, and Reactor Safety 5.7 Melt Fragmentation, Heat Transfer, Debris Sizes, and MFCI Yield 5.8 Features of the Bubex Code and an MFTF Simulation; 6. Primary Containment Integrity and Impact Studies; 6.1 Primary Containment Integrity; 6.2 The Pi-Theorem, Scale Models, and Replicas; 6.3 Experimental Impact Facilities; 6.4 Computational Techniques and an Aircraft Impact; 7. Natural Circulation, Passive Safety Systems, and Debris-Bed Cooling; 7.1 Natural Convection in Nuclear Plants; 7.2 Passive Safety Systems for Water Reactors; 7.3 Core Debris-Bed Cooling in Water Reactors; 7.4 An Epilogue; References; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910814435403321 |
Knowles J. Brian
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Hoboken, New Jersey : , : John Wiley and Sons, Incorporation, , 2014 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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