The origins of nuclear thermal hydraulics and its relevance within the technology for the production of electrical power are discussed together with the link with other disciplines. Nuclear power plant design and safety impose the needs for thermal hydraulics and constitute the framework for the book. Computer codes and experiments are the outcome of five-six decades research to address those needs. The main scientists contributing to the development of the discipline are listed including notes about their role. A universe of topics characterizes nuclear thermal hydraulics. The provided vision reflects into the content of the book: topics range from phenomena in accident analysis, to balance and constitutive equations, development and validation of codes up to the best estimate plus uncertainty (BEPU) approach and related elements. Numerical solution methods, instrumentation and thermal hydraulic design of Water Cooled Nuclear Reactors (WCNR) are among the additional topics discussed in specific chapters of the 2nd Edition of the book (added chapters are 17 to 24); the role of thermal hydraulics for Three-Mile Island, Chernobyl, La Salle, Oskarshamn, and Fukushima events has been kept in Chapter 16.
Introduction - Chapter 1 of Volume 1
Francesco D'Auria
Primo
Writing – Original Draft Preparation
;N. AksanValidation
2024-01-01
Abstract
The origins of nuclear thermal hydraulics and its relevance within the technology for the production of electrical power are discussed together with the link with other disciplines. Nuclear power plant design and safety impose the needs for thermal hydraulics and constitute the framework for the book. Computer codes and experiments are the outcome of five-six decades research to address those needs. The main scientists contributing to the development of the discipline are listed including notes about their role. A universe of topics characterizes nuclear thermal hydraulics. The provided vision reflects into the content of the book: topics range from phenomena in accident analysis, to balance and constitutive equations, development and validation of codes up to the best estimate plus uncertainty (BEPU) approach and related elements. Numerical solution methods, instrumentation and thermal hydraulic design of Water Cooled Nuclear Reactors (WCNR) are among the additional topics discussed in specific chapters of the 2nd Edition of the book (added chapters are 17 to 24); the role of thermal hydraulics for Three-Mile Island, Chernobyl, La Salle, Oskarshamn, and Fukushima events has been kept in Chapter 16.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
