Browsing Engineering by Subject "Pressurized water reactor"
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Increasing the fuel cycle length of a PWR by means of a homogeneous uranium, thorium and plutonium fuel design
(North-West University (South Africa) , Potchefstroom Campus, 2016)In this study a new homogeneous fuel pellet was designed for a Pressurized Watercooled Reactor (PWR), aimed at increasing its fuel cycle length. The standard 4.5 wt. % Low Enriched Uranium (LEU) fuel pellet of the South ... -
Steam generator thermal-fluid simulation using a coupled Flownex and RELAP5/mod4.0 approach
(North-West University (South Africa) , Potchefstroom Campus, 2015)The steam generator (SG) is one of the biggest structural components in a nuclear power plant (NPP), and can in many respects be seen as the heart of the system. It functions as a heat exchanger between the primary and ...