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introduction | introduction to global energy, primary energy sources, and issues with fossil fuels | ![]() |
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thermal nuclear reactors | current light water thermal reactor systems, their design and operational parameters | ![]() |
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high temperature reactors, GEN IV Reactors | hydrogen and as energy carrier, hydrogen economy, nuclear heat and electrical driven hydrogen generation systems | ![]() |
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hydrogen economy, nuclear hydrogen system | nuclear power plant heat source, decay heat, reactor heat transport systems, power conversion, intermediate heat exchanger, process heat exchangers | ![]() |
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nuclear reactor heat source, IHX | hydrogen production with steam methane reformation, water shift reactor, process parameters, conversion efficiency | ![]() |
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hydrogen generation via steam reformation process | high temperature thermochemical based hydrogen generation, various chemical intermediates, electrochemical processes | ![]() |
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thermochemical cycles overview | sulfur based thermochemical process, sulfur iodine cycle, Westinghouse hybrid cycle, process flow sheets, operating conditions and reaction details | ![]() |
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SI cycle, HyS cycle | non-sulfur thermochemical cycles, university of Tokyo cycle, calcium chloride, calcium bromide cycle, high temperature electrolysis | ![]() |
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UT-3, High Temp. Electrolysis | nuclear reactor heat coupling to hydrogen production schemes, heat and temperature matching to thermochemical process conditions thermal efficiency | ![]() |
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H2 production Processes Heat matching, efficiency | nuclear hydrogen system schemes, heat and temperature matching to thermochemical process conditions, thermal efficiency | ![]() |
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IHX Systems nuclear H2 R&D projects | nuclear hydrogen system schemes, intermediate heat exchanger, process heat exchanger, design parameters, global programs in nuclear hydrogen | ![]() |
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prismatic HTGR, PBMR | high temperature gas cooled reactors, pebble bed modular reactor, prismatic pebble bed, design and operating parameters | ![]() |
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VHTR, GFR, LFR | very high temperature reactor, gas cooled fast reactor, liquid metal cooled fast reactor design and operating conditions | ![]() |
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MSR, SCWR | molten salt cooled reactor, supercritical water reactor, design and operating parameters | ![]() |
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Kinetics model-point kinetic model | neutronic model for nuclear reactor core, neutron transport equation, point kinetics model | ![]() |
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neutronic kinetic codes | reactor physics codes, reactor kinetics models, regulatory and commercial code structure, 2-D and 3-D neutronic codes, PARCS | ![]() |
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mid-term exam | review of nuclear hydrogen system, high temperature reactors, thermochemical hydrogen generation methods and key cycles | ![]() |
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thermal-hydraulics analysis, 3-D TH codes | nuclear reactor cooling, thermal hydraulics analysis, codes, 3-D and 1-D thermal analysis codes, RELAP5, THERMIX | ![]() |
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safety analysis | Reactor safety, defense in depth, safety philosophy, analysis methods | ![]() |
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HTR fuels and performance | high reactor fuels, TRISO fuel, fuel performance | ![]() |
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HTR materials issues, advanced materials | high temperature reactor vessel, core and other component materials and issues, advanced materials for high temperature and radiation environment | ![]() |
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energy conversion systems-Brayton Cycle | high temperature reactor energy conversion systems, Brayton Cycle, cycle efficiency | ![]() |
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ECS control system | high temperature reactor energy conversion control system, coolant inventory, coolant bypass methods | ![]() |
24. | coupled HTR and hydrogen plant-simplified models | coupled high temperature reactor and hydrogen plant, models for HTGR neutronic and thermal hydraulics, and hydrogen plant chemical models-simplified models | ||
25. | coupled HTR-H2plant dynamics | dynamic analysis of coupled HTR and hydrogen plant, accident analysis | ||
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27. | Safety in a process heat HTR | high temperature reactor safety, heat transfer through process heat exchanger | ||
28. | HTR licensing issues, PIRT | phenomena identification and ranking table, HTR licensing issues | ||
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30. | Market potential, review for final exam | nuclear hydrogen commercialization | ||
31. | Project I | nuclear hydrogen system components, design projects | ||
32. | Project II | nuclear hydrogen system components, design projects, models, reviews | ||
33. | Project III | nuclear hydrogen system, components safety, analysis |