Introduction To Nuclear Power detail syllabus for Electrical Engineering (EEE), 2017 scheme is taken from VTU official website and presented for VTU students. The course code (17EE551), and for exam duration, Teaching Hr/week, Practical Hr/week, Total Marks, internal marks, theory marks, duration and credits do visit complete sem subjects post given below.
For all other eee 5th sem syllabus for be 2017 scheme vtu you can visit EEE 5th Sem syllabus for BE 2017 Scheme VTU Subjects. For all other Professional Elective-1 subjects do refer to Professional Elective-1. The detail syllabus for introduction to nuclear power is as follows.
Course Objectives:
- To explain the fission process in nuclear materials and how the nuclear reactors work and the basic components of nuclear reactors and their types.
- Explanation about cooling of reactors, features of coolant, different types of coolants used in the reactors and the losses of cooling.
- Discussion on loss of cooling accidents in different reactors.
- Discussion on postulated severe accidents in water cooled reactors and other reactors and cooling of reactor during removal and processing.
- Discussion on cooling and disposing the nuclear waste and prospect of fusion energy in thefuture
Module 1
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Module 2
Cooling Reactors: Introduction, General Features of a Reactor Coolant, Principles of Heat Transfer, Gaseous Coolants, Liquid Coolants, Boiling Coolants. Loss of Cooling: Introduction, The Electric Kettle, Pressurized-Water Reactor, Boiling-Water Reactor, CANDU Reactor, Gas-Cooled Reactors, Sodium- Cooled Fast Reactor.
Module 3
Loss-of-Cooling Accidents: Introduction, Incidents in light Water-Cooled Reactors, Heavy WaterModerated Reactors, Gas-Cooled Reactors, Liquid Metal-Cooled Fast Reactors
Module 4
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Module 5
Cooling and Disposing of the Waste: Introduction, Classification of Waste Products, Fission Products and Their Biological Significance, Options for Nuclear Waste Disposal, Long-Term Storage and Disposal of Spent Nuclear Fuel, Storage and Disposal of Fission Products from Reprocessing Plants, Disposal of other Materials. Fusion Energy -Prospect for the Future: Introduction, The Fusion Process, Confinement, Current Technical Position, Conclusions.
Course Outcomes:
At the end of the course the student will be able to:
- Explain the fission process in nuclear materials, basic components of nuclear reactors, types of nuclear reactors and their working.
- Discuss different types of coolants, their features, and cooling of reactors,
- Discuss loss of cooling accidents in different reactors.
- Discuss postulated severe accidents in reactors and cooling of reactor during removal of spent fuel.
- Discuss cooling and disposing the nuclear waste and prospect of fusion energy in thefuture
Graduate Attributes (as per NBA):
- Engineering Knowledge,
- Design/ Development of Solutions,
- The Engineer and Society,
- Environment and Sustainability,
- Ethics,
- Project Management and Finance
Question paper pattern:
- The question paper will have ten questions.
- Each full question is for 16 marks.
- There will be 2full questions (with a maximum of four sub questions in one full question) from each module.
- Each full question with sub questions will cover the contents under a module.
- Students will have to answer 5 full questions, selecting one full question from each module
Text Books:
- Introduction to Nuclear Power Geoffrey F. Hewitt Taylor & Francis 1st Edition, 2000
Reference Books:
- Nuclear Reactor Engineering G.Vaidyanathan S.Chand 1st Edition, 2013
- Introduction to Nuclear Engineering John R Lamarsh Anthony J Baratta Pearson 3rd Edition, 2016
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