Nuclear Power Fundamentals
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| Audience/Grade: | College Freshman-Graduate |
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Nuclear Engineering |
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Teaching - Tutorial |
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| Description: | This introductory website in nuclear power is organized around the following topics: TERMINAL OBJECTIVE * Mixed Flow Pumps * Centrifugal Pump Components * Stuffing Box * Mechanical Seals CENTRIFUGAL PUMP OPERATION * Cavitation * Preventing Cavitation * Centrifugal Pump Characteristic Curves * Centrifugal Pump Protection * Centrifugal Pump Operation Summary * Centrifugal Pump Operation Summary (Cont.) POSITIVE DISPLACEMENT PUMPS * Principle of Operation * Direct-Acting and Indirect-Acting Pumps * Figure 13 Single-Acting and Double-Acting Pumps * Simple Gear Pump * Other Gear Pumps * Screw-Type Positive Displacement Rotary Pump * Three-Screw, High-Pitch, Screw Pump * Rotary Moving Vane Pump * Positive Displacement Pump Characteristic Curves * Positive Displacement Pumps Summary * ENABLING OBJECTIVES (Cont.) DIESEL ENGINES * Diesel Engines * Major Components of a Diesel Engine * Cutaway of a GM V-16 Four-Stroke Supercharged Diesel Engine * Cross Section of a V-type Four Stroke Diesel Engine * Cylinder Sleeve or Bore * Piston and Piston Rings * Crankshaft * Cylinder Heads and Valves * Timing Gears, Camshaft, and Valve Mechanism * Diesel Engine Valve Train * Diesel Engine Support Systems * Engine Lubrication * Fuel System * Air Intake System * Exhaust System * Operational Terminology * Compression Ratio and Clearance Volume * Horsepower * Diesel Engines Summary FUNDAMENTALS OF THE DIESEL CYCLE * The Four-Stoke Cycle * Compression * Fuel Injection * The Two-Stroke Cycle * Compression * Power * Fundamentals of the Diesel Cycle Summary DIESEL ENGINE SPEED, FUEL CONTROLS, AND PROTECTION * Fuel Injector Cutaway * Diesel Engine Speed, Fuel Controls, and Protection * Fuel Injector Plunger * Governor * Simplified Operation of the Governor * Detailed Operation of the Governor * Detailed Operation of the Governor * Starting Circuits * Engine Protection * Diesel Engine Speed, Fuel Controls, and Protection Summary MECHANICAL SCIENCE Module 2 Heat Exchangers TYPES OF HEAT EXCHANGERS * Types of Heat Exchanger Construction * Tube and Shell Heat Exchanger * Types of Heat Exchangers * Parallel Flow Heat Exchanger * Comparison of the Types of Heat Exchangers * Comparison of the Types of Heat Exchangers * Comparison of the Types of Heat Exchangers * Single and Multi-Pass Heat Exchangers * Regenerative and Non-Regenerative Heat Exchangers * Types of Heat Exchangers Summary HEAT EXCHANGER APPLICATIONS * U-tube Feedwater Heat Exchanger * Air Conditioner Evaporator and Condenser * Single-Pass Condenser * Jet Pump * Large Steam System Condensers * Heat Exchanger Applications Summary MECHANICAL SCIENCE Module 3 Pumps CENTRIFUGAL PUMPS * Centrifugal Pump * Impeller Classification * Centrifugal Pump Classification by Flow * Axial Flow Pumps |
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| Publication Date: | December 2005 |
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WWW |
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| Cost: |
Free |
| Download URL: | http://www.tpub.com/content/doe/h1018v1/ |
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| Metadata: |
IEEE LOM Record |
| Collection: |
NEEDS
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