From e4d788fc33598ebe9c3666b67b89d003d129a204 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Dane Sabo Date: Tue, 17 Sep 2024 18:51:37 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] vault backup: 2024-09-17 18:51:37 --- 1 Daily Notes/2024/9 September/2024-09-17.md | 2 +- ...4-09-17 Module 5 Nuclear Fission Basics.md | 37 +++++++++++++++++++ .../2024-09-17 Module 5.md | 17 --------- 3 files changed, 38 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-) create mode 100644 300s School/NUCE 2100 - Fundamentals of Nuclear Engineering/2024-09-17 Module 5 Nuclear Fission Basics.md delete mode 100644 300s School/NUCE 2100 - Fundamentals of Nuclear Engineering/2024-09-17 Module 5.md diff --git a/1 Daily Notes/2024/9 September/2024-09-17.md b/1 Daily Notes/2024/9 September/2024-09-17.md index ec1b59ad9..301bdaba8 100644 --- a/1 Daily Notes/2024/9 September/2024-09-17.md +++ b/1 Daily Notes/2024/9 September/2024-09-17.md @@ -42,6 +42,6 @@ group by file.folder - Gym [startTime:: 11:30][endTime:: 12:30] - Lunch [startTime:: 12:30][endTime:: 13:30] - NUCE 2100 - HW3 [startTime:: 14:00][endTime:: 16:45] -- [[2024-09-17 Module 5]] [startTime: 18:00][endTime:: 10:30] +- [[2024-09-17 Module 5 Nuclear Fission Basics]] [startTime: 18:00][endTime:: 10:30] - diff --git a/300s School/NUCE 2100 - Fundamentals of Nuclear Engineering/2024-09-17 Module 5 Nuclear Fission Basics.md b/300s School/NUCE 2100 - Fundamentals of Nuclear Engineering/2024-09-17 Module 5 Nuclear Fission Basics.md new file mode 100644 index 000000000..9eb09d466 --- /dev/null +++ b/300s School/NUCE 2100 - Fundamentals of Nuclear Engineering/2024-09-17 Module 5 Nuclear Fission Basics.md @@ -0,0 +1,37 @@ +--- +title: Week 4 +allDay: false +startTime: 18:00 +endTime: 20:30 +date: 2024-09-17 +completed: null +type: single +--- +# Module 5.1 - Reactor Overview +Classifying Reactors +1. Type of reaction +2. Moderator material +3. Coolant +4. Generation (I-IV) +5. Use +Heat is created from fission. Kinetic energy from the decay products moving around is kind of what we see as "temperature". +# Module 5.2 - Neutron Multiplication +## Criticality Conditions +### Neutron Economy +A successful reactor must +1. Create enough excess neutrons to continue the reaction +2. Not have so many neutrons that it becomes uncontrolled +3. Consider material limits +Letting too many neutrons leak is expensive. This is the gas! +### Neutron Balance +Rate of increase = Production - absorbed - leakage +0 = Critical - Steady State - Static +\> 0 Supercritical - increasing - Kinetic/Dynamic +\< 0 Subcritical - decreasing - Kinetic/Dynamic +### Neutron Life Cycle +1. Birth +2. Lifetime. Gets scattered around. Sneaky little fella +3. Death 😬 Leaks from the system or is absorbed +### Multiplication factor +$$k = \frac{\text{Number of neutrons in one generation}}{\text{Number of neutrons in preceding generation}}$$ +Measures how many neutrons produced by each neutron born. diff --git a/300s School/NUCE 2100 - Fundamentals of Nuclear Engineering/2024-09-17 Module 5.md b/300s School/NUCE 2100 - Fundamentals of Nuclear Engineering/2024-09-17 Module 5.md deleted file mode 100644 index 04f391e31..000000000 --- a/300s School/NUCE 2100 - Fundamentals of Nuclear Engineering/2024-09-17 Module 5.md +++ /dev/null @@ -1,17 +0,0 @@ ---- -title: Week 4 -allDay: false -startTime: 18:00 -endTime: 20:30 -date: 2024-09-17 -completed: null -type: single ---- -# Module 5.1 - Reactor Overview -Classifying Reactors -1. Type of reaction -2. Moderator material -3. Coolant -4. Generation (I-IV) -5. Use -Heat is created from fission. Kinetic energy from the decay products moving around is kind of what we see as "temperature". \ No newline at end of file