Thermodynamics In Nuclear Power Plant Systems

Dr. Bahman Zohuri is founder of  Galaxy Advanced Engineering, Inc. a consulting company that he formed upon leaving the semiconductor and defense industries after many years as a Senior Process Engineer for corporations including Westinghouse and Intel, and then as Senior Chief Scientist at Lockheed Missile and Aerospace Corporation . During his time with Westinghouse Electric Corporation, he performed thermal hydraulic analysis and natural circulation for Inherent Shutdown Heat Removal System (ISHRS) in the core of a Liquid Metal Fast Breeder Reactor (LMFBR). While at Lockheed, he was responsible for the study of vulnerability, survivability and component  radiation and laser hardening for Defense Support Program (DSP), Boost Surveillance and Tracking Satellites (BSTS) and Space Surveillance and Tracking Satellites (SSTS). He also performed analysis of characteristics of laser beam and nuclear radiation interaction with materials, Transient Radiation Effects in Electronics (TREE), Electromagnetic Pulse (EMP), System Generated Electromagnetic Pulse (SGEMP), Single-Event Upset (SEU), Blast and, Thermo-mechanical, hardness assurance, maintenance, and device technology. His consultancy clients have included Sandia National Laboratories, and he holds patents in areas such as the design of diffusion furnaces, and Laser Activated Radioactive Decay. He is the author of several books on heat transfer and directed energy weapons technologies.Dr. Patrick McDaniel is currently Adjunct and Research Professor in the Department of Chemical and Nuclear Engineering at the University of New Mexico. Dr. McDaniel began his career as a pilot and maintenance officer in the United States Air Force. He went on to work at Sandia National Laboratories in fast reactor safety, integral cross section measurements, nuclear weapons vulnerability, space nuclear power, and nuclear propulsion. He left Sandia to become the technical leader for the Phillips Laboratory SatelliteAssessment Center for a decade, then returned to Sandia to lead DARPA’s Stimulated Isomer Energy Release project. While at Sandia, he worked on the Yucca Mountain Project and DARPA’s classified UER-X program. He has taught in the University of New Mexico’s Nuclear Engineering program for 25 years, and has worked on many classified and unclassified projects in the application of nuclear engineering to high energy systems. Dr. McDaniel holds a Ph.D. in Nuclear Engineering from Purdue University.

• Definitions and Basic Principles.- Properties of Pure Substances.- Mixture.- Work and Heat.- First Law of Thermodynamics.- The Kinetic Theory of Gases.- Second Law of Thermodynamics.- Reversible Work, Irreversibility, and Exergy (Availability).- Gas Kinetic Theory of Entropy.- Thermodynamic Relations.- Combustion.- Heat Transfer.- Heat Exchangers.- Gas Power Cycles.- Vapor Power Cycles.- Circulating Water Systems.- Electrical System.- Nuclear Power Plants.- Nuclear Fuel Cycle.- The Economic Future of Nuclear Power.- Safety, Waste Disposal, Containment, and Accidents.