UN 0807 – Power Plant Thermodynamics
2016 Version
Dates: |
March 19 & 20, 2016
April 9 & 10, 2016
April 23 & 24, 2016
May 7 & 8, 2016
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Start Time: |
9:00 a.m. |
Location: |
Lecturer Theatre
Durham College – Whitby Campus
1610 Champlain Avenue, Whitby, ON, L1N 6A7
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Instructor: |
University of New Brunswick
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Prerequisite:
Registration in the UNENE M.Eng. or UNENE Diploma Program
Distance Education:
If you will be participating in the course using distance education please inform the instructor by email prior to the course commencing. Access to UN808 via distance ed course will be through Blackboard Collaborate
Course Description:
Theoretical and practical analysis of the following with particular reference to CANDU plants.
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Thermodynamic Cycles: Nuclear versus conventional steam cycles, regenerative feedwater heating, moisture separation and reheating, tubine expansion lines, heat balance diagrams, available energy, cycle efficiency and exergy analysis.
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Nuclear Heat Removal: Heat conduction and convection in fuel rods and heat exchanger tubes, heat transfer in boilers and condensers, boiler influence on heat transport system, boiler swelling and shrinking, boiler level control, condenser performance.
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Steam Turbine Operation: Turbine configuration, impulse and reaction blading, blade velocity diagrams, turbine seals and sealing systems, moisture in turbines, part load operation, back pressure effects, thermal effects and turbine governing.
Course Schedule (subject to change)
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Module 1 Thermodynamic Cycles
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Module 2 Nuclear Heat Removal
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Module 3 Steam Turbine Operation
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Final Exam
Course Text – 2009 version, subject to change
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Prerequisite reading
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Steam Tables and Charts – the use of Steam Tables and basic theory of their structure.
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Module 1 Thermodynamic Cycles
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Module 2 Nuclear Heat Removal
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Module 3 Steam Turbine Operation
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Question Bank – 2016 version,
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Thermodynamic Cycles
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Nuclear Heat Removal
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Steam Turbine Operation
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Exam examples
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Sample 1 May 2, 2005
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Lecture Slides
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Module 1
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Lecture 0 – Introduction
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Lecture 1 – Complex Rankine Cycles
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Lecture 2 – Plant Efficiencies
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Lecture 3 – Available Energy
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Lecture 4 – Heat Exchangers
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Lecture 5 – Availability
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Lecture 6 – Energy and Exergy
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Module 2
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Lecture 1 – Nuclear Reactor Principle
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Lecture 2 – Reactor Flux Profiles
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Lecture 3 – Heat Conduction Equations
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Lecture 4 – Fuel Heat Conduction
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Lecture 5 – Cladding Conduction
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Lecture 6 – Single and Two-Phase Flow
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Lecture 7 – 900 MW PWR Example
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Lecture 8 – Heat Exchangers
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Lecture 9 – Steam Generator Level Control
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Lecture 10 – Steam Generator pressure Control
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Lecture 11 – Condensers Characteristics
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Module 3
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Lecture 0 – Introduction – Momentum Theory
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Lecture 1 – Impulse and Reaction – Principles
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Lecture 2 – Impulse and Reaction – Stage Design
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Lecture 3 – Turbine Design – Casings and Rotors
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Lecture 4 – Turbine Design – Blading
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Lecture 5 – Turbine Design – Seals
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Lecture 6 – Turbine Design – Bearings
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Lecture 7 – Turbine Operation – Moisture Effects
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Lecture 8 – Turbine Operation – Part Load Operation
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Lecture 9 – Turbine Operation – Back Pressure Effects
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Lecture 10 – Turbine Operation – Thermal Effects
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Appendix – Plant Startup – Reactor and Turbine
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See the Downloads page for engineering software and compilers, etc., including steam tables.
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The following two text books are useful as references for some of the course material to give additional insight into plant technology. They should be available at your local technical library
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M.M. El-Wakil "Powerplant Technology" McGraw-Hill 1984, TK1001.E39, ISBN 0-07-019288-X
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M.M. El-Wakil "Nuclear Heat Transport" American Nuclear Society 1971, 1978, 1993, ISBN 0-89448-014-6
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