2025-Spring Nuclear Thermal-Hydraulics (NUCE718R-01) The course syllabus

1.Course Information

Course No. NUCE718R Section 01 Credit 3.00
Category Major required Course Type prerequisites
Postechian Core Competence
Hours MON, WED / 09:30 ~ 10:45 / Grading Scale G

2. Instructor Information

Jo Hang Jin Name Jo Hang Jin Department Div. of Advanced Nuclear Eng.
Email address jhj04@postech.ac.kr Homepage
Office 제1실험동 307호 Office Phone 054-279-9560
Office Hours Monday 3:30 pm to 4:30 pm but please contact in advance by email.

3. Course Objectives

- Heat generation in nuclear power plants
- Conduction heat transfer in reactors
- Convection heat transfer in reactors: Single phase heat transfer
- Convection heat transfer in reactors: Two phase heat transfer including boiling and condensation
- Radiation heat transfer in reactors
- Natural circulation in heat transfer
- Reactor accidents including reactor licensing process & accident mitigation strategy

4. Prerequisites & require

No

5. Grading

Attendance & attitude : 25 %
Homework: 25%
Mid-term: 25%
Final-exam: 25%
quiz 15 % * 2
final 30 %

6. Course Materials

Title Author Publisher Publication
Year/Edition		 ISBN
Nuclear Heat Transport M. M.El-Wakil ANS 0000

7. Course References

8. Course Plan

Week 1: Nuclear reactors general
Week 2 -3: Heat conduction in nuclear reactors
Week 4- 6: Heat convection in nuclear reactors including single phase & two phase heat transfer
Week 7: Radiation heat transfer in nuclear reactors
Week 8: Mid term
Week 9: Natural circulation in nuclear reactors
Week 10: Liquid metal heat transfer
Week 11-12: Power cycles and components
Week 13-15: Nuclear accidents, Licensing process, and accident mitigation strategy
Week 16: Final exam

9. Course Operation

- Own lecture materials will be provided.

- In this semester, lectures will be delivered through Zoom. The conference address for the lecture is provided in below.

Zoom 회의 참가
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89592917486?pwd=SlJmM1JIQUlTZ2lxbE9aa2h1V0RQZz09



ID: 895 9291 7486
PW: NUCE718

10. How to Teach & Remark

Thermal-hydraulics phenomena in nuclear reactors would be broadly explored. With the understanding of heat and mass transfer model intensively used in nuclear reactors, various nuclear accidents would be introduced and analyzed.

11. Supports for Students with a Disability

- Taking Course: interpreting services (for hearing impairment), Mobility and preferential seating assistances (for developmental disability), Note taking(for all kinds of disabilities) and etc.

- Taking Exam: Extended exam period (for all kinds of disabilities, if needed), Magnified exam papers (for sight disability), and etc.

- Please contact Center for Students with Disabilities (279-2434) for additional assistance

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