Browsing by Author "Hassan, Yassin"
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Luthman Jr., Nicholas Gerard (2017-05-03)After the Great East Tohoku Earthquake of 2011, operations at three critical reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi site were disrupted. All three reactor plants had automatic shutdowns. After a reactor is shutdown from power, ...
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Sweeney, James F (2015-12-07)The objective of this research is the life cycle analysis of a high-performance, above-code home as compared to a more traditionally built home in a humid, subtropical environment. Building energy estimations and environmental ...
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Kohlhepp, Katherine D. (Texas A&M University, 2006-04-12)Due to the scarcity of Human Reliability Analysis (HRA) data, one of the key elements of any HRA analysis is use of engineering judgment. The Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) HRA Calculator guides the user through ...
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Orea, Daniel (2023-05-04)In this study, an investigation was conducted to characterize the flow behavior of a wrapped screen wick annular heat pipe, using distilled water as the working fluid. To achieve the experimental outcomes, high-resolution ...
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Alfandi, Ashraf Ali Majed (2021-12-10)Prior to Fukushima accident, the Reactor Core Isolation Cooling (RCIC) system operational limits were based on manufacturers data, in which the system’s Terry turbine and pump were assumed to be ideal. The Beyond Design ...
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Yang, Hongjoo (2014-08-10)Pool boiling experiments for nanocoatings (or nanostructured surfaces) show that despite the lower thermal conductivity values than carbon, silicon yielded higher values of CHF (critical heat flux). Subsequently numerical ...
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Mcvay, Kyle (2014-08-08)The Very High Temperature Reactor (VHTR) is a Generation IV nuclear reactor that is currently under design. It modifies the current high temperature gas reactor (HTGR) design to have a 1000 ^(0)C coolant outlet. This ...
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Maher, Blake Rakers (2023-07-26)Advanced reactor and Small Modular Reactor (SMR) systems present a wide range of compelling fluid flow behaviors and complex flow structures. The hemispherical plenum features heavily in high temperature gas cooled reactors ...
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Kim, Daegeun (2022-06-21)An experimental investigation was conducted on the hydraulic characteristics of annular type wick structures for heat pipes. An experimental facility that can measure porosity, permeability and effective pore radius of the ...
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Alwafi, Anas Mohammed F (2021-03-29)The High Temperature Gas-cooled Reactor (HTGR) is one of the promising reactors in the Generation IV nuclear reactors. In this research, experimental measurements were done at 1/16th scaled upper plenum of a HTGR that was ...
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Delgado, Marilyn (2021-04-06)The helical coil heat exchanger (HCHX) is a geometrically complex tube and shell heat exchanger design that is preferred over straight tube bundles due to its increase in heat transfer efficiency, compact design, and thermal ...
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Solom, Matthew Alan (2016-04-28)In current Station Blackout analyses for Generation II Light Water Reactors, battery failure in 4-8 hours is expected to result in the failure of the Reactor Core Isolation Cooling System. The RCIC System, which uses a ...
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Delchini, Marc (2014-10-13)The work presented in this dissertation focuses on the application of the entropy viscosity method to low-Mach single- and two-phase flow equations discretized using a continuous Galerkin finite element method with implicit ...
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Wynne, Nicholas Alan (2015-11-24)An experimental investigation to acquire flooding data using steam/water and air/water fluid pairs at elevated pressures was conducted. This research provides the first flooding data above atmospheric pressure in large diameter ...
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Headley, William Milija (2021-12-10)As we push towards a reduction of carbon emissions without sacrificing reliability and safety, advanced applications of molten-salt technology are currently being considered for use. Many previous studies have focused on ...
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Chavez, Denise Erin (2020-07-28)A very high-temperature, test facility was designed and constructed at the Thermal-Hydraulic Research Laboratory of Texas A&M University (TAMU) to conduct two-phase flow visualization experiments in molten salt. A ...
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Brockmeyer, Landon Mitchell (2018-11-30)Nuclear reactors pump coolant through their core and heat exchangers at massive mass flow rates to sustain energy production. These demanding requirements push engineers to extreme levels of optimization to safely sustain ...
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Burk, David Edward (Texas A&M University, 2005-08-29)In the event that a radiological dispersal device (RDD) is detonated in the U.S. or near U.S. interests overseas, it will be crucial that the actors involved in the event can be identified quickly. If irradiated nuclear ...
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Ullah, Izhar (2021-10-01)Researchers in the field of gas turbines are always interested in gas turbine vane and blade heat transfer and film cooling performance under realistic engine flow conditions. Complicated flow patterns are present around ...
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Lancaster, Blain Ryan (2021-04-21)The high temperatures and corrosive environment created by molten salts pose challenges to both traditional and advanced measurement techniques. Experimental measurements of thermal-hydraulic parameters in these environments ...