5 ECTS credits
145 h study time

Offer 1 with catalog number 6009272FNR for all students in the 2nd semester at a (F) Master - specialised level.

Semester
2nd semester
Enrollment based on exam contract
Impossible
Grading method
Grading (scale from 0 to 20)
Can retake in second session
Yes
Taught in
English
Partnership Agreement
Under interuniversity agreement for degree program
Faculty
Faculty of Engineering
Department
Faculty of Engineering
External partners
Université catholique de Louvain
Educational team
Decaan IR (course titular)
Activities and contact hours

30 contact hours Lecture
36 contact hours Seminar, Exercises or Practicals
Course Content

reactor heat generation
transport equations (single-phase & two-phase flow)
thermal analysis of fuel elements
(single-phase fluid mechanics and heat transfer)-usually already known
two-phase flow dynamics
two-phase heat transfer
single heated channel; steady state analysis
single heated channel; transient analysis
flow loops
utilisation of established codes

Information also available at the BNEN-website: http://bnen.sckcen.be/en/Programme.

 
Course material
Handbook (Required) : Nuclear System I: Thermal Hydraulic Fundamentals, Thermal Hydraulic Fundamentals, Todreas, N.E. and Kazimi, M.S., 2de, Hemisphere Publishing Corp., New York, 9781138492448, 2021
Handbook (Required) : Nuclear Systems II: Elements of Thermal Hydraulic Design, Elements of Thermal Hydraulic Design, Todreas, N. E. and Kazimi, M.S., 2de, Hemisphere Publishing Corp., New York, 9781482239584, 2021
Handbook (Required) : Impianti Nucleari, Cumo, M., 3de, UTET,Torino, 9788895814636, 2012
Additional info

Todreas, N.E. and Kazimi, M.S. Nuclear System I: Thermal Hydraulic Fundamentals, Hemisphere Publishing Corp., New York, 1990.
Todreas, N. E. and Kazimi, M.S. Nuclear Systems II: Elements of Thermal Hydraulic Design, Hemisphere Publishing Corp., New York, 1990.
Cumo, M. Impianti Nucleari, UTET,Torino, 1976.

Primairy instructor: Yann Bartosiewicz (ULC).

Information also available at the BNEN-website: http://bnen.sckcen.be/en/Programme.

Learning Outcomes

General Competences

To be familiarised with various reactor types and their main design and operational characteristics.
To learn how to estimate the volumetric heat generation rate in fission reactor cores under normal operation and shutdown conditions.
To learn how to analyse the thermal performance of nuclear fuel elements.
To learn the basic fluid mechanics of single phase reactor cooling systems.
To learn to calculate pressure drop in reactor systems, including tube bundles, and spacer grids.
To learn to analyse the heat transfer characteristics of single phase reactor cooling systems.
To learn the basic fluid mechanics of two-phase systems, including flow regime maps, void-quality relations, pressure drop, and critical flow.
To learn the fundamentals of boiling heat transfer, and its implications for reactor design.
To learn the fundamentals of core thermal design, with attention to design uncertainty analysis and hot channel factors.

 

Information also available at the BNEN-website: http://bnen.sckcen.be/en/Programme.

Grading

The final grade is composed based on the following categories:
Other Exam determines 100% of the final mark.

Within the Other Exam category, the following assignments need to be completed:

  • exam with a relative weight of 1 which comprises 100% of the final mark.

Additional info regarding evaluation

Information also available at the BNEN-website: http://bnen.sckcen.be/en/Programme.

Allowed unsatisfactory mark
The supplementary Teaching and Examination Regulations of your faculty stipulate whether an allowed unsatisfactory mark for this programme unit is permitted.

Academic context

This offer is part of the following study plans:
Master of Nuclear Engineering: Standaard traject