Prof H Iacovides
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Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
About the Project
Proposed Small Modular Reactor (SMR) designs generally make increased claims on passive safety systems including, in some cases, reliance upon natural circulation within the primary circuit as either an alternate, backup, or main cooling approach following reactor trip or a fault occurring.
This project will consider the challenges in modelling overall circuit behaviour under natural circulation conditions at a variety of pressures, using Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD). Modelling of bulk heat removal from the circuit as well as local flow conditions and temperature, will be carried out and validated against available data.
The accuracy and computational requirements of the CFD predictions will then be compared to those of traditional and simpler “volumetric flow network” methods, which are routinely used in industry.
Suitable modelling approaches will then be selected and demonstration analyses will be carried out for both a candidate SMR design (real or estimated) and a traditional large Pressurized Water Reactor (PWR) system (for which significant plant data and computer modelling exists).
Funding Notes
The studentship is co-funded by EDF Energy within the MACE Beacon Scholarship scheme. Funding covers stipend and full tuition fees for Home/EU students. Overseas students will need to identify additional funding to cover the difference in fees.
The student will be fully funded as follows:
Home/EU Fees - £4,195
Maintenance - £14,553 per year
Information on standard fees is available here:
http://www.mace.manchester.ac.uk/study/postgraduate-research/degree/
Information on typical stipend is available here:
http://www.mace.manchester.ac.uk/study/postgraduate-research/funding/
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