Thermodynamics in Nuclear Power Plant Systems
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
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ermodynamics in Nuclear Power Plant Systems Second Edition
Thermodynamics in Nuclear Power Plant Systems
Bahman Zohuri • Patrick McDaniel
Thermodynamics in Nuclear Power Plant Systems Second Edition
Bahman Zohuri University of New Mexico Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Galaxy Advanced Engineering, Inc. Albuquerque, NM, USA
Patrick McDaniel Department of Chemical and Nuclear Engineering University of New Mexico Albuquerque, NM, USA
A solution manual for this book is available on Springer.com. ISBN 978-3-319-93918-6 ISBN 978-3-319-93919-3 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-93919-3
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This book is dedicated to my parents Marzieh and Akbar Zohuri Bahman Zohuri This book is dedicated to Ben Pollared Patrick McDaniel
Preface
This book covers the fundamentals of thermodynamics required to understand electrical power generation systems. It also covers the application of these principles to nuclear reactor power systems. It is not a general thermodynamics text, but is a thermodynamics text aimed at explaining the fundamentals and applying them to the challenges facing actual nuclear power systems. It is written at an undergraduate level but should also be useful to practicing engineers. This book starts with the fundamental definitions of thermodynamic variables such as temperature, pressure, and specific volume. It defines the zeroth law of thermodynamics. It then explains open and closed systems. The ideal gas law is introduced, along with some of its limitations for real gases. Gas kinetic theory is then
