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Springer Thermodynamics in Nuclear Power Plant Systems 2018 Edition by Bahman Zohuri, Patrick McDaniel
This revised book covers the fundamentals of thermodynamics required to understand electrical power generation systems, honing in on the application of these principles to nuclear reactor power systems. This text treats the fundamentals of thermodynamics from the perspective of nuclear power systems. In addition to the Four Laws of Thermodynamics, it discusses Brayton and Rankine power cycles in detail with an emphasis on how they are implemented in nuclear systems. Chapters have been brought up-to-date due to significant new results that have become available for intercooled systems and combined cycles and include an updated steam table. The book starts with basic principles of thermodynamics as applied to power plant systems. It then describes how Nuclear Air-Brayton systems will work. It documents how they can be designed and the expected ultimate performance. It describes several types of Nuclear Air-Brayton systems that can be employed to meet different requirements and estimates component sizes and performance criteria for Small Modular Reactors (SMR) based on the Air-Brayton concept. The book provides useful insight into the engineering of nuclear power systems for students and the tabular data will be of great use to practicing engineers. Table of Content :- Chapter One: Definitions and Basic PrinciplesChapter Two: Properties of Pure SubstancesChapter Three: MixtureChapter Four: Work and HeatChapter Five: First Law of ThermodynamicsChapter Six: The Kinetic Theory of GasesChapter Seven: Second Law of ThermodynamicsChapter Eight: Reversible Work, Irreversibility, and Exergy (Availability)Chapter Nine: Gas Kinetic Theory of EntropyChapter Ten: Thermodynamic RelationsChapter Eleven: CombustionChapter Twelve: Heat TransferChapter Thirteen: Heat ExchangersChapter Fourteen: Gas Power CyclesChapter Fifteen: Vapor Power CyclesChapter Sixteen: Circulating Water SystemsChapter Seventeen: Electrical SystemChapter Eighteen: Nuclear Power PlantsChapter Nineteen: Nuclear Fuel CycleChapter Twenty: The Economic Future of Nuclear PowerChapter Twenty One: Safety, Waste Disposal, Containment, and AccidentsAppendix A: Table and Graphs CompilationsIndex