Operation and maintenance of nuclear power plant equipment (ePub)

Operation and maintenance of nuclear power plant equipment is a concise, convenient and authoritative guide to the functioning and upkeep of critical nuclear reactor components, such as pumps, valves, fans, heat exchangers, pressure vessels and I&C systems. After introducing key elements and explaining their uses and characteristics, the book then explores problems that have occurred during both normal and transient operating conditions, for example those due to component ageing and premature failure. The book's expert authors discuss solutions to these problems based on their extensive hands-on experience in the industry, illustrating the text with real-world case studies. In addition, the essential area of maintenance practices and procedures is treated in depth. Designed to help the busy plant engineer to produce consistent and safe operating results from critical apparatus, this book will also assist with problem identification and resolution and open pathways to performance improvements and increased reliabilityprovides the essential information a plant engineer requires to produce consistent and safe operating results from critical pieces of equipment includes numerous case studies so that readers can benefit from the expert author team's extensive hands on, in-field experience reflects the best of current research, technological understanding and industry practice, yet technical details are presented in a manner that is easy to understand