This course provides participants with a thorough understanding of methods applied to the entire thermal-hydraulic (T/H) design process. Lectures and discussions focus on core hydraulics, core component analysis, Departure from Nucleate Boiling Ratio (DNBR) correlations and methods, setting and verifying core operational DNBR limits, T/H computer models, accident analysis, and reload methodology.

Key Features and Benefits
The Key Feature and Benefit associated with this Thermal-Hydraulic Design Methods course is that each course segment includes a complete discussion of the design requirements, codes, procedures, interfaces, and analytical methods used for thermal-hydraulic design.

Registration deadline is August 11, 2023.

Day 1

• Introduction/Overview

• Hydraulics

• Departure From Nucleate Boiling

• Core Components

• Core Component Analysis

Day 2

• Subchannel Analysis Overview

• Crud Induced Power Shift (CIPS)

• Crud Induced Localized Corrosion (CILC)

• Hot Channel Factors

• DNB Methodology

Day 3

• Transition Core Analysis

• Core Thermal Limits

• Axial Offset DNB Limits

• DNB Power Shape Verification

• Transient Analysis Interface

• Steamline Break Analysis

Day 4

• Fuel Temperature Evaluation

• Loss of Flow and Locked Rotor Transients

• Rod Bow

• RCCA Accidents

• Fuel Licensing

• Thermal-Hydraulic Design Technology Advancements

Day 5 (Half Day)

• Visit to Westinghouse Churchill Site