Title: Thermodynamics in Nuclear Power Plant Systems Author: Bahman Zohuri, Patrick McDaniel ISBN: 3319134183 / 9783319134185 Format: Hard Cover Pages: 724 Publisher: Springer Verlag Year: 2015 Availability: In Stock
Description
Contents
This book covers the fundamentals of thermodynamics required to understand electrical power generation systems, honing in on the application of these principles to nuclear reactor powersystems. It includes all the necessary information regarding the fundamental laws to gain a complete understanding and apply them specifically to the challenges of operating nuclear plants. Beginning with definitions of thermodynamic variables such as temperature, pressure and specific volume, the book then explains the laws in detail, focusing on pivotal concepts such as enthalpy and entropy, irreversibility, availability, and Maxwell relations. Specific applications of the fundamentals to Brayton and Rankine cycles for power generation are considered in-depth, in support of the book’s core goal- providing an examination of how the thermodynamic principles are applied to the design, operation and safety analysis of current and projected reactor systems. Detailed appendices cover metric and English system units and conversions, detailed steam and gas tables, heat transfer properties, and nuclear reactor system descriptions.
Preface
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1 : Definitions and Basic Principles Chapter 2 : Properties of Pure Substances Chapter 3 : Mixture Chapter 4 : Work and Heat Chapter 5 : First Law of Thermodynamics Chapter 6 : The Kinetic Theory of Gases Chapter 7 : Second Law of Thermodynamics Chapter 8 : Reversible Work, Irreversibility, and Energy (Availability) Chapter 9 : Gas Kinetic Theory of Entropy Chapter 10 : Thermodynamic Relations Chapter 11 : Combustion Chapter 12 : Heat Transfer Chapter 13 : Heat Exchangers Chapter 14 : Gas Power Cycles Chapter 15 : Vapor Power Cycles Chapter 16 : Circulating Water Systems Chapter 17 : Electrical System Chapter 18 : Nuclear Power Plants Chapter 19 : Nuclear Fuel Cycle Chapter 20 : The Economic Future of Nuclear Power Chapter 21 : Safety, Waste Disposal, Containment, and Accidents
Erratum
Appendix A : Table and Graphs Compilations
Index