Description
Steam Generators for Nuclear Power Plants, Second Edition continues its legacy of examining all phases of the lifecycle of nuclear steam generators (NSGs), components which are essential for the efficient and safe operation of nuclear reactors. This book is broken into three sections: design and manufacturing, operation and maintenance, and emerging topics. This revised edition includes new chapters on fitness for service guidelines; VVER steam generators; leakage through cracked tubes; secondary side components; full bundle probabilistic analysis; maintenance of steam generators; probabilistic models for steam generator life cycle predictions; steam generators for small modular and advanced nuclear reactors, and much more.This timely revision serves as a resource for professionals involved in all phases of the NSG lifecycle, from design, manufacturing, operation and maintenance, to fitness-for-service and long-term operation. It is also intended as a valuable resource for students and researchers interested in a range of topics relating to NSG lifecycle management.- Presents state-of-the-art steam generators for current and advanced nuclear power plants and small modular and micro reactors- Contains comprehensive coverage of all phases of the nuclear steam generator lifecycle, including design, manufacturing, operation, maintenance, fitness-for-service, and long-term operation- Addresses new concepts of steam generators like helical coil and printed circuit steam generators
Table of Contents
PrefacePart One: Design and Manufacturing1. Introduction to steam generators- from Heron of Alexandria to nuclear power plants: Brief history and literature survey2. Nuclear steam generator design3. Nuclear steam generator manufacturing4. Thermal hydraulics, circulation and steam-water separation in nuclear steam generators5. Replacement Steam GeneratorsPart Two: Operation and Maintenance6. Steam-Water cycle chemistry relevant to nuclear steam generators7. Corrosion and Other Degradation in Commercial PWR / PHWR Steam Generator Tubes8. Environmental degradation of materials in nuclear steam generators9. Corrosion product transport and fouling in nuclear steam generators10. Corrosion hideout and hideout return in nuclear steam generators11. Steam Generator Deposit Accumulation and Removal: Chemical and Mechanical Methods12. Thermal Performance Degradation: Heat-Transfer Fouling and Other Causes13. Flow induced vibrations in nuclear steam generators14. The Acoustic Resonance Phenomenon15. Nuclear steam generator inspection and testing16. Nuclear steam generator tube inspection tools17. Nuclear steam generator fitness-for-service assessment18. Regulatory requirements and consideration for nuclear steam generators19. Fitness for service Guidelines20. VVER Steam Generators21. VVER Steam Generators - Modelling & Simulations22. Horizontal Steam Generators – Safety Studies23. Leakage through cracked tubes24. Maintenance of steam generators at nuclear power plants/ Vendors perspective on SG Inspections25. Operation and maintenance of nuclear steam generators- Utility Perspective26. Fretting Fatigue and Wear in Steam Generators27. MODELS FOR TWO-PHASE FLOW INDUCED FLUID-ELASTIC INSTABILITYPart Three: Emerging Topics28. Printed Circuit Steam Generators29. Helical Coil steam generators30. Steam Generators for Small Modular Reactors31. System and Computational Fluid Dynamic Modeling to Support High Temperature Steam Generator Design32. Machine Learning Applications in Nuclear Steam GeneratorsAppendices
