Browsing by Author "Hassan, Yassin"
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Goth, Nolan Edward (2018-12-05)In nuclear reactor thermal hydraulics modeling, detailed coolant velocity fields are essential to accurately anticipating flow induced vibrations and temperature distributions in the coolant and pins. Predictive computational ...
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Gorman, Michael Joseph (2015-05-26)An existing experimental Reactor Cavity Cooling System using water as the coolant received extensive instrumentation and control upgrades to allow for a thorough investigation into the single-phase flow behavior of the ...
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Adams, Clinton Wayne (2009-05-15)A virtual impactor aerosol concentrator with a circumferential inlet slot has been built and tested. Circumferential slot virtual impactors (CSVIs) have low pressure losses, similar to linear slot impactors, but without ...
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Gandhir, Akshay (2012-10-19)High Temperature Gas-cooled Reactor (HTGR) is a Generation IV reactor under consideration by Department of Energy and in the nuclear industry. There are two categories of HTGRs, namely, Pebble Bed Modular Reactor (PBMR) ...
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Bani Ahmad, Mohammad Tareq Hussein (2017-12-08)This study has been conducted in a partial fulfillment of a master of science degree in nuclear engineering from the department of nuclear engineering at Texas A&M University (TAMU). The study aims to perform a computational ...
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Beeny, Bradley Aaron (2017-07-06)The Reactor Core Isolation Cooling (RCIC) system found in certain boiling water reactor (BWR) power plants is intended to provide make-up coolant to the reactor pressure vessel (RPV) when it is isolated from the power-producing ...
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Alawneh, Luay Mohammad Deeb (2022-07-25)Micro reactors are gaining substantial interest worldwide due to their capabilities to deliver power to remote and decentralized areas, also their long fuel cycles which makes them more attractive compared to other energy ...
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Meng, Fanxu (2015-04-27)High-throughput manufacturing of nanomaterial-based products demands robust online characterization and quality control tools capable of continuously probing the in suspension state. But existing analytical techniques are ...
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Kirkland, Klayton 1965- (2012-08-24)A new centrifugal pump has been devised to handle two-phase flow. However, it requires full scale testing to allow further development. Testing is required to verify performance and to gain information needed to apply this ...
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Alsmadi, Eman Haitham Mohammad (2020-05-20)This thesis summarizes an intensive computational study to a proton accelerator-driven thorium-fueled molten salt reactor, including sensitivity analysis, parametric studies, and design & optimization for selected components ...
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Design and PIV Measurements on a Wire-Wrapped 61-Rod Hexagonal Fuel Assembly Experimental Facility Goth, Nolan Edward (2017-05-04)The superior uranium utilization efficiency of fast spectrum reactors relative to thermal spectrum reactors was recognized shortly after commercial reactor development started. The sodium fast reactor design, a type of ...
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Cavaluzzi, Jack Matthew (2021-12-08)The Reactor Core Isolation Cooling (RCIC) system is a standby system for safe plant shutdown used in over 20 US BWRs. The coupled system can cool the core without AC power, and is composed of a Terry steam turbine, a pump, ...
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Ombu, Ebiaye Valerie (Texas A&M University, 2006-04-12)The presence of a blockage in a pipeline will alter the fluid dynamics of a flowing system in terms of the heat, mass and velocity characteristics. The analysis of the fluid dynamics is based on balances taken on the overall ...
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The Development of an Accuracy of a Doppler Global System for One Dimensional Velocity Measurement Karabacak, Mustafa (2014-05-23)The development of a Doppler Global System for one dimensional velocity measurement including both hardware and software development is described. The Doppler Global Velocimetry (DGV) system is a whole field measurement ...
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Queiroz Tomaz, Gabriel Caio (2022-04-18)The Generation IV reactors (Gen IV) are a set of new designs of nuclear reactors under development by a consortium of counties to meet the energy necessities of the future, including sustainability, safety, and economic ...
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Ward, Paul (2014-06-24)The flow in a tightly packed array of spheres is important to various engineering fields. In nuclear engineering applications, for instance, researchers have proposed core geometries of the pebble bed reactor (PBR) type ...
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Hartley, Jessica (2012-10-19)The double ended guillotine break leading to density-driven air ingress has been identified as a low probability yet high consequence event for Very High Temperature Reactor (VHTR). The lower plenum of the VHTR contains ...
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Kassab, Asmaa S. (2010-10-12)To ensure effective detection of bio-particles, it is crucial to understand the effects of collection method and archiving conditions on the survivability of bioaerosols, consequently, the survivability of the spore-forming ...
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Krueger, Aaron Martin (2017-12-01)The Consortium for Advanced Simulation of LightWater Reactors (CASL) is working towards developing a virtual reactor called the Virtual Environment for Reactor Application (VERA). As part of this work, computational fluid ...
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Holler, David Michael (2019-07-12)Dense and accurate experimental data are continuously sought after, especially for validation of computer codes. Codes can often produce dense calculations, and need equally dense experimental results for comparison. Optic ...