Thermodynamics in Nuclear Power Plant Systems

Definitions and Basic Principles.- Properties of Pure Substances.- Mixture.- Work and Heat.- First Law of Thermodynamics.- The Kinetic Theory of Gases.- Second Law of Thermodynamics.- Reversible Work, Irreversibility, and Exergy (Availability).- Gas Kinetic Theory of Entropy.- Thermodynamic Relations.- Combustion.- Heat Transfer.- Heat Exchangers.- Gas Power Cycles.- Vapor Power Cycles.- Circulating Water Systems.- Electrical System.- Nuclear Power Plants.- Nuclear Fuel Cycle.- The Economic Future of Nuclear Power.- Safety, Waste Disposal, Containment, and Accidents.- Appendix A: Table and Graphs Compilations.- Index.

Dr. Bahman Zohuri is currently University of New Mexico, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, while at the Galaxy Advanced Engineering, Inc. a consulting company that he stared himself in 1991 when he left both semiconductor and defense industries after many years working as a chief scientist. After graduating from University of Illinois in field of Physics and Applied Mathematics, he joined Westinghouse Electric Corporation where he performed thermal hydraulic analysis and natural circulation for Inherent Shutdown Heat Removal System (ISHRS) in the core of a Liquid Metal Fast Breeder Reactor (LMFBR) as a secondary fully inherent shut system for secondary loop heat exchange. All these designs were used for Nuclear Safety and Reliability Engineering for Self-Actuated Shutdown System. He designed the Mercury Heat Pipe and Electromagnetic Pumps for Large Pool Concepts of LMFBR for heat rejection purpose for this reactor around 1978 where he received a patent for it. He later on was transferred to defense division of Westinghouse where he was responsible for the dynamic analysis and method of launch and handling of MX missile out of canister. The results are applied to MX launch seal performance and muzzle blast phenomena analysis (i.e. missile vibration and hydrodynamic shock formation). He also was involved in analytical calculation and computation in the study of Nonlinear Ion Wave in Rarefying Plasma. The results are applied to the propagation of "Soliton Wave" and the resulting charge collector traces, in the rarefactions characteristic of the corona of the a laser irradiated target pellet. As part of his graduate research work at Argonne National Laboratory, he performed computation and programming of multi-exchange integral in surface physics and solid state physics. He holds different patent in areas such as diffusion processes and design of diffusion furnace while he was senior process engineer working for different semiconductor industries