REVIEWS

V.

I.

Sidorov,

FUNDAMENTALS POWER

N.

I.

Loginov,

OF HEAT

and

PHYSICS

F.

A.

Kozlov

IN ATOMIC

INSTALLATIONS* Reviewed

by M.

Kho I b r a g i m o v

A l a r g e n u m b e r of s c i e n t i f i c - r e s e a r c h and e x p e r i m e n t a l - d e s i g n investigations a r e now being c a r r i e d out with a v~ew to establishing a sound b a s i s for the design of nuclear power installations. Most of these investigations a r e concerned with heat p h y s i c s . The execution of r e s e a r c h and the s e r v i c i n g of nuclear p o w e r installations demand the attention of a l a r g e n u m b e r of s p e c i a l i s t s , including the w o r k e r s and o p e r a t o r s of nuclear p o w e r stations. The education of such p e r s o n n e l is impeded by the lack of h e a t - p h y s i c s r e f e r e n c e books duly r e f l e c t i n g the p r e s e n t level of nuclear s c i e n c e and technology. The book u n d e r c o n s i d e r a t i o n s a t i s f i e s this need; it s y s t e m a t i z e s i n f o r m a t i o n r e l a t i n g to h y d r o d y n a m ics and heat t r a n s f e r , coolant technology, and t e m p e r a t u r e and flow m e a s u r e m e n t s in the active zones of n u c l e a r r e a c t o r s . The f i r s t c h a p t e r c o n s i d e r s the b a s i c p r o b l e m s of liquid and gas m e c h a n i c s : the laws of h y d r o s t a t i c s and h y d r o d y n a m i c s , and the operating p r i n c i p l e s of i n s t r u m e n t s for m e a s u r i n g p r e s s u r e and r a t e of flow; the c h a r a c t e r i s t i c s of liquid motion (laminar and turbulent) a r e explained, r e l a t i o n s h i p s a r e given for c a l culating the p r e s s u r e d r o p and velocity d i s t r i b u t i o n in channels containing moving liquids. The second chapter s e t s out the fundaments of heat t r a n s f e r and c o n s i d e r s the laws of conduction, convection, and r a d i a t i o n in r e l a t i o n to the t r a n s m i s s i o n of heat, as well as heat t r a n s f e r in boiling and condensation, and methods of calculating the p e r f o r m a n c e of heat e x c h a n g e r s . A s p e c i a l s e c t i o n is devoted to the c h a r a c t e r i s t i c s of heat t r a n s f e r during the flow of coolant in the channels of n u c l e a r power stations. The t h i r d and fourth c h a p t e r s p r o v i d e a detailed d e s c r i p t i o n of i n s t r u m e n t s and s e n s o r s for m e a s u r i n g coolant t e m p e r a t u r e , flow r a t e , and velocity. Special attention is given to a d e s c r i p t i o n of s m a l l coolant t e m p e r a t u r e and flow s e n s o r s for making p r e c i s i o n m e a s u r e m e n t s . The physical b a s e s of the e l e c t r o m a g n e t i c method of m e a s u r i n g coolant flows a r e set out. The fifth chapter gives i n f o r m a t i o n r e g a r d i n g various coolants used in nuclear technology and m a k e s r e c o m m e n d a t i o n s as to t h e i r use in nuclear power equipment. The sixth and seventh c h a p t e r s a r e devoted to p r o b l e m s involved in the use of liquid sodium as coolant for nuclear r e a c t o r s . Questions as to the monitoring of i m p u r i t y content (oxygen, hydrogen, carbon, and nitrogen) a r e c o n s i d e r e d , as well as ways and m e a n s of decontaminating the sodium. Taken as a whole, the book contains all the i n f o r m a t i o n n e c e s s a r y for educating and instructing the middle technical p e r s o n n a l of nuclear power stations and i m p r o v i n g t h e i r qualifications. Unfortunately, owing to its s m a l l s i z e , the book is u n a b l e t o r e f l e c t o r to r i g o r o u s l y expound such questions as safety t e c h nology when operating with l i q u i d - m e t a l t e s t - b e d s and r e a c t o r s , e m e r g e n c y situations, and so on. The s m a l l n u m b e r (1610) printed is s u r p r i s i n g as the book is r a p i d l y selling out.

*Atomizdat, Moscow (1975). Translated from Atomnaya I~nergiya, Vol. 40, No. I, p. 94, January, 1976.

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