Fundamentals of thermal and nuclear power generation /

Fundamentals of Thermal and Nuclear Power Generation is the first volume in the JSME Series in Thermal and Nuclear Power Generation.The first part of this volume provides a thorough and complete reference on the history of thermal and nuclear power generation, which has informed and sculpted today&#...

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Corporate Author: ScienceDirect (Online service)
Other Authors: Koizumi, Yasuo, Okawa, Tomio, Mori, Shoji
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Language:English
Published: Amsterdam : Elsevier, 2021.
Series:JSME series in thermal and nuclear power generation.
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505 0 |a Front Cover -- Fundamentals of Thermal and Nuclear Power Generation -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of contributors -- About the authors -- Preface of JSME Series in Thermal and Nuclear Power Generation -- Preface to Volume 1: Fundamentals of Thermal and Nuclear Power Generation -- 1 Dawn of power for human beings/power from steam -- 1.1 Civilization progress and energy -- 1.2 Historical significance of getting force from fire for human beings -- 1.3 Power -- 1.4 History of getting power -- 1.5 Full maturity of modern civilization -- 1.6 Rule for power generation systems -- 1.7 Future prospect of power -- 1.7.1 Energy resource exhaustion -- 1.7.2 Environmental problems -- 1.7.3 Security -- References -- 2 Development in power technology -- 2.1 Development of thermal power generation -- 2.1.1 Dawn of steam engine -- 2.1.2 Appearance of high-pressure engine -- 2.1.3 Watertube boiler development to the present -- 2.1.4 History of steam engine and turbine -- 2.1.5 Dawn of electric power generation -- 2.1.6 The road to modern steam power generation -- 2.2 Development of nuclear power generation -- 2.2.1 Dawn of nuclear energy -- 2.2.1.1 First artificial chain reaction at Chicago Pile No.1 -- 2.2.1.2 Hanford B reactor -- 2.2.1.3 Clementine reactor -- 2.2.1.4 Experimental breeder reactor I -- 2.2.1.5 Power generation at AM-1 in the Soviet Union -- 2.2.1.6 Naval reactor -- 2.2.1.7 BORAX experiments -- 2.2.2 Development of nuclear power plant -- 2.2.2.1 Power plants in Soviet Union -- 2.2.2.2 Power plants in United Kingdom -- 2.2.2.3 Power plants in United States -- 2.2.3 Growth of nuclear power plants and nuclear accidents -- 2.2.3.1 Three Mile Island-2 pressurized water reactor plant and its accident -- 2.2.3.2 Reaktor bolshoi moshchnosty kanalny reactor and chernobyl disaster -- 2.2.3.3 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant accident. 
505 8 |a 2.2.4 Advanced nuclear power generation -- 2.2.4.1 Advanced boiling water reactor -- 2.2.4.2 Economic simplified boiling water reactor -- 2.2.4.3 AP1000 -- 2.2.4.4 Evolutionary power reactor -- 2.2.5 Road to future nuclear power generation -- 2.2.5.1 Sodium-cooled fast reactor -- 2.2.5.2 Lead-cooled fast reactor -- 2.2.5.3 Very high-temperature gas reactor -- 2.2.5.4 Gas-cooled fast reactor -- 2.2.5.5 Supercritical water-cooled reactor -- 2.2.5.6 Molten salt reactor -- References -- 3 Fundamentals for power engineering -- 3.1 Fundamentals of thermodynamics -- 3.1.1 Basic concepts -- 3.1.1.1 Thermodynamic system -- Closed systems and open systems -- Quantities of state -- Equilibrium state -- 3.1.1.2 Energy -- Various forms of energy -- Internal energy -- Relation between microscopic and macroscopic properties -- 3.1.2 The zeroth law of thermodynamics -- 3.1.2.1 The zeroth law of thermodynamics -- 3.1.2.2 Temperature scales -- 3.1.2.3 Heat capacity and specific heat -- 3.1.3 The first law of thermodynamics -- 3.1.3.1 Heat and work -- Heat -- Work (boundary work) -- Several other forms of work -- 3.1.3.2 The first law of thermodynamics -- Energy conservation -- Application to closed system -- Application to open system (steady flow system) -- 3.1.3.3 Thermodynamic process -- Quasi-static or quasi-equilibrium process -- Reversible and irreversible processes -- 3.1.4 Properties of various substances -- 3.1.4.1 Properties of gas -- Equation of state for ideal gases -- Equation of state for real gases -- Internal energy and enthalpy of ideal gases -- Specific heat of ideal gases -- 3.1.4.2 Properties of liquids and solids -- 3.1.5 Quasi-static change of ideal-gas -- 3.1.5.1 Isothermal process -- 3.1.5.2 Isobaric process -- 3.1.5.3 Isochoric process -- 3.1.5.4 Adiabatic process -- 3.1.5.5 Polytropic process -- 3.1.6 The second law of thermodynamics. 
505 8 |a 3.1.6.1 Cycle -- 3.1.6.2 Expressions of the second law of thermodynamics -- Clausius statement -- Kelvin-Plank statement -- 3.1.6.3 Carnot theorem -- Adiabatic compression process from State 1 to 2 -- Isothermal heating process from State 2 to 3 -- Adiabatic expansion process from State 3 to 4 -- Isothermal cooling process from State 4 to 1 -- 3.1.6.4 Entropy -- 3.1.6.5 The principle of entropy increase -- 3.1.7 Analysis of heat engine using entropy -- 3.1.8 Direction of spontaneous change and free energy -- 3.1.8.1 Heat flow in adiabatic system -- 3.1.8.2 Energy conversion in isothermal and isochoric system -- 3.1.8.3 Energy conversion in isothermal and isobaric system -- 3.1.9 Phase equilibrium -- 3.1.10 Exergy -- 3.1.10.1 Heat Q from heat source at the temperature T -- 3.1.10.2 Enthalpy H of working fluid -- 3.1.10.3 Example of exergy analysis of equipment -- Heat exchanger -- Turbine -- Compressor -- Combustion -- 3.2 Fundamentals of fluid dynamics of single-phase flow -- 3.2.1 Introduction -- 3.2.2 Ideal fluid and viscous-compressive real fluid -- 3.2.2.1 Viscosity and shear stress -- Ideal fluid and viscous fluid -- Deformation and velocity gradient -- Expansion and contraction -- Shearing deformation -- Rotation -- Newton's law of viscosity -- 3.2.2.2 Compressibility -- Density change (equation of state) -- Compressible fluid and incompressible fluid -- Mach number -- Critical flow -- 3.2.3 Basic equation -- 3.2.3.1 Conservation of mass -- Control volume -- Continuity equation -- 3.2.3.2 Conservation of momentum -- Momentum advection -- Viscous stress and pressure -- External force -- Momentum change in control volume -- 3.2.3.3 Navier-Stokes equation -- Conservative form and nonconservative form -- Nonlinearity -- Equation of incompressible flow -- 3.2.3.4 Conservation of energy -- Fourier's law -- Equation of energy conservation. 
505 8 |a Kinetic energy conservation (Bernoulli's theorem) -- Enthalpy conservation -- 3.2.4 Laminar flow and turbulent flow -- 3.2.4.1 Reynolds number -- Nondimensional Navier-Stokes equation -- Physical meaning of Reynolds number -- Transition from laminar flow to turbulent flow (Orr-Sommerfeld equation) -- 3.2.4.2 Laminar flow -- Hagen-Poiseuille flow -- Pressure drop in laminar flow -- Rayleigh problem -- Boundary layer equation -- 3.2.4.3 Turbulent flow -- Basic theory -- Energy cascade and Kolmogorov scale -- Turbulent boundary layer -- Pressure drop in turbulent flow -- 3.3 Fundamentals of heat transfer -- 3.3.1 Introduction to heat transfer -- 3.3.1.1 Modes of thermal energy transport -- 3.3.1.2 Conduction -- 3.3.1.3 Convection -- 3.3.1.4 Radiation -- 3.3.2 Boiling -- 3.3.2.1 Pool boiling -- Boiling curve -- Correlations for pool boiling -- 3.3.2.2 Flow boiling -- Introduction to two-phase flow -- Heat transfer coefficient -- Pressure drop -- Critical heat flux -- Actual phenomenon -- 3.3.3 Condensation -- 3.3.3.1 Laminar film condensation -- 3.3.3.2 Turbulent film condensation -- 3.3.3.3 Dropwise condensation -- 3.4 Fundamentals of combustion -- 3.4.1 Fuel -- 3.4.1.1 Gaseous fuel -- Natural gas -- Liquefied petroleum gas -- Coal gas -- Producer gas -- Water gas -- Blast furnace gas -- City gas -- 3.4.1.2 Liquid fuel -- 3.4.1.3 Solid fuel -- 3.4.2 Stoichiometric calculation -- 3.4.2.1 Combustion air requirements -- 3.4.2.2 Combustion products -- 3.4.2.3 Heating value of fuel -- 3.4.3 Calculation of gas temperature -- 3.4.3.1 Theoretical adiabatic flame temperature -- 3.4.3.2 Gas temperature with heat loss and incomplete combustion -- 3.4.3.3 Equilibrium flame temperature -- 3.5 Fundamentals of nuclear physics -- 3.5.1 Fission chain reactions and neutron multiplication -- 3.5.1.1 Fission chain reactions -- 3.5.1.2 Neutron multiplication. 
505 8 |a 3.5.2 Nuclear reactor fuel -- 3.5.2.1 Conversion -- 3.5.2.2 Breeding -- 3.5.3 Nuclear power plant -- 3.5.3.1 Steam power plant -- 3.5.3.2 Core components -- 3.5.3.3 Reactor components -- 3.5.4 Light-water reactors -- 3.5.4.1 Pressurized-water reactor -- 3.5.4.2 Boiling water reactor -- References -- Further reading -- 4 Power generation and society -- 4.1 Thermal power generation -- 4.1.1 Important fundamentals -- 4.1.1.1 Various types of fuel -- 4.1.1.2 Electric power -- 4.1.1.3 Power (kW) versus work/energy (kWh) -- 4.1.1.4 Electric power generation -- 4.1.1.5 Peak power -- 4.1.1.6 Combined cycle power generation -- 4.1.1.7 Heat pump -- 4.1.1.8 Cogeneration -- 4.1.1.9 Centralized power versus distributed power -- 4.1.1.10 SMART grids -- 4.1.1.11 Storage batteries -- 4.1.1.12 Fuel cells -- 4.1.1.13 Life cycle carbon dioxide emission -- 4.1.2 Site selection to operation with relevant regulations and laws -- 4.1.2.1 Overview -- 4.1.2.2 Site selection and environment assessment -- 4.1.2.3 Construction -- 4.1.2.4 Equipment installation process -- 4.1.2.5 Test and trial operation -- 4.1.2.6 Codes and standards -- 4.2 Safety assurance system of nuclear power plants in Japan -- 4.2.1 Basic concept to ensure safety -- 4.2.1.1 Ensuring safety at the design stage -- 4.2.1.2 Risk management -- 4.2.1.3 Response to external events such as earthquake and tsunami -- 4.2.2 Application of voluntary consensus code system in safety regulations -- 4.2.2.1 Background -- 4.2.2.2 Performance-based regulation of regulatory standards and role of voluntary consensus code system -- 4.2.2.3 Organization for formulating voluntary consensus code system -- 4.2.2.4 Codes and standards system and challenges -- 4.2.2.5 Future issues in standard formulation activities -- 4.2.3 Review of safety assurance activities in the countermeasures of the Fukushima Daiichi accident. 
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