2022-Fall Nuclear Power Plant Engineering (NUCE510-01) The course syllabus

1.Course Information

Course No. NUCE510 Section 01 Credit 3.00
Category Major elective Course Type Classroom Course prerequisites
Postechian Core Competence
Hours THU / 13:30 ~ 14:45 / | THU / 15:00 ~ 16:15 / Grading Scale G

2. Instructor Information

Chang Wonpyo Name Chang Wonpyo Department Div. of Advanced Nuclear Enginrg
Email address Homepage
Office Office Phone
Office Hours

3. Course Objectives

To provide graduate students with more practical engineering knowledge required in the nuclear industries or research areas where they would work after graduation, based on fundamentals already learned in undergraduate courses.

4. Prerequisites & require

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5. Grading

숙제(30%), 중간고사(30%), 학기말고사(40%)

6. Course Materials

Title Author Publisher Publication
Year/Edition
ISBN
Powerplant Technology M.M. El-Wakil McGraw- Hill Book Company 1985

7. Course References

① M.M. El-Wakil, Nuclear Energy Conversion, American
Nuclear Society, International Standard Book Number 0-89448-015-4, 1971
② John G. Collier, Convective Boiling and Condensation, McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1972
③ William M. Kays, Convective Heat and Mass Transfer, McGraw-Hill series in mechanical engineering, 1980
④ MARS Code Mannual Volume I: Code structure, System models, and Solution Methods, KAERI/TR-2812/2014
⑤ MARS Code Mannual Volume II: Input Requirements

8. Course Plan

1. A thermodynamics review (week 1; ‘22.9.08)
○ Application of energy conservation to the system
○ Irreversibility

2. The Rankine cycles (week 2~3; ‘22.9.15/‘22.9.22)
○ week 2 : General Cycle Characteristics
○ week 3 : Feedwater Heater effectiveness calcualtion

3. The condensate-feedwater systems/Circulation-water systems (week 4; ‘22.9.29)
○ Condenser principles and design calculation
○ Methods and principles for Circulating Water System

4. Turbines (week 5; ‘22.10.06)
○ Turbine principles and efficiency calculation

5. Gas cycles (week 6; ‘22.10.13)
○ Turbine efficiency enhancement methods

6. Pumps/Steam Generators/Pressurizer
(week 7~8; ‘22.10.20/‘22.10.27)
○ Introduction of Centrifugal Pump operation and Homologous curves (Week 7)
○ Explanation of Steam Generator designs and their sturctures (Week 8)
○ Pressurizer functions and its operation (Week 8)

7. Midterm exam. (week 9; ‘22.11.03)

8. Simularity in the thermal-hydraulic systems (week 10; ‘22.11.10)
○ Non-dimensional analysis for a basic set of thermal-hydraulic conservation equations for simularity (Week 10)

9. Introduction to the theory of the MARS thermal-hydraulic analysis computer code (week 11~12; ‘22.11.17/‘22.11.24)
week 11 : General Theory of MARS Code
- Governing Equations
- Numerical Method
- Solving Technique
week 12 : Explanation of Input Structures
- Basic inputs
- Input preparation
- Time step control, etc

10. Demonstrations of system transient analyses using MARS, including explanation of inputs
(week 13~15; ‘22.12.01/‘22.12.08/‘22.12.15)
○ week 13 : MARS introduction and sample problem inputs preparation and their runnings (Pipe, Tee, Fuel Assembly)
○ week 14 : A sample problem with systems (Workshop 2&3)
○ week 15 : Actual application to the plant safety analysis (UCN3/4_LBLOCA)

11. Final Exam. (week 16; ‘22.12.22)

9. Course Operation

장원표 교수님께서 강의를 담당하십니다. (wpchang19@daum.net, 010-2256-7509)

10. How to Teach & Remark

대학의 학사운영 방침에 따라 9월16일까지 수업은 비대면으로 진행됩니다.(9.19 수업부터 정상 대면수업)
Zoom 회의 참가
https://postech-ac-kr.zoom.us/j/3761756493?pwd=M080MmpUNDJGSEJaWkJNQU8vWlpRQT09
회의 ID: 376 175 6493
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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