Annalisa Manera: Catalogue data in Spring Semester 2025 |
| Name | Prof. Dr. Annalisa Manera |
| Name variants | A. Manera |
| Field | Nuclear Safety and Multiphase Flows |
| Address | Nuclear Safety & Multiphase Flows ETH Zürich, ML K 13 Sonneggstrasse 3 8092 Zürich SWITZERLAND |
| Telephone | +41 44 633 87 76 |
| maneraa@ethz.ch | |
| Department | Mechanical and Process Engineering |
| Relationship | Full Professor |
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| 151-0123-00L | Experimental Methods for Engineers | 4 credits | 2V + 2U | F. Coletti, M. Lukatskaya, A. Manera, D. J. Norris, O. Supponen, M. Tibbitt | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Abstract | The course presents an overview of measurement tasks in engineering environments. Different concepts for the acquisition and processing of typical measurement quantities are introduced. Following an initial in-class introduction, laboratory exercises from different application areas (especially in thermofluidics, energy, and process engineering) are attended by students in small groups. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Learning objective | Introduction to various aspects of measurement techniques, with particular emphasis on thermo-fluidic, energy, and process-engineering applications. Understanding of various sensing technologies and analysis procedures. Exposure to typical experiments, diagnostics hardware, data acquisition, and processing. Study of applications in the laboratory. Fundamentals of scientific documentation and reporting. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Content | In-class introduction to representative measurement techniques in the research areas of the participating institutes (fluid dynamics, energy technology, and process engineering). Student participation in ~6 laboratory experiments (study groups of ~3 students, dependent on the number of course participants and available experiments). Lab reports for all attended experiments have to be submitted by the study groups. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lecture notes | Presentations, handouts, and instructions are provided for each experiment. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Literature | Holman, J.P. "Experimental Methods for Engineers," McGraw-Hill 2001, ISBN 0-07-366055-8 Morris, A.S. & Langari, R. "Measurement and Instrumentation," Elsevier 2011, ISBN 0-12-381960-4 Eckelmann, H. "Einführung in die Strömungsmesstechnik," Teubner 1997, ISBN 3-519-02379-2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Prerequisites / Notice | Basic understanding in the following areas: - fluid mechanics, thermodynamics, heat and mass transfer - electrical engineering / electronics - numerical data analysis and processing (e.g. using MATLAB) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 151-0156-00L | Technology and Safety of Nuclear Power Plants Note: The previous course title until FS22 "Safety of Nuclear Power Plants". | 6 credits | 4V + 1U | A. Manera | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Abstract | Knowledge about safety concepts and requirements of nuclear power plants and their implementation in deterministic safety concepts and safety systems. Knowledge about behavior under accident conditions and about the methods of probabilistic risk analysis and how to handle results. Introduction into key elements of the enhanced safety of nuclear systems for the future. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Learning objective | Deep understanding of safety requirements, concepts and system of nuclear power plants, knowledge of deterministic and probabilistic methods for safety analysis, aspects of nuclear safety research, licensing of nuclear power plant operation. Overview on key elements of the enhanced safety of nuclear systems for the future. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Content | (1) Introduction into the specific safety issues of nuclear power plants, main facts of health effects of ionizing radiation, defense in depth approach. (2) Reactor protection and reactivity control, reactivity induced accidents (RIA). (3) Loss-of-coolant accidents (LOCA), emergency core cooling systems. (4) Short introduction into severe accidents (Beyond Design Base Accidents, BDBA). (5) Probabilistic risk analysis (PRA level 1,2,3). (6) Passive safety systems. (7) Safety of innovative reactor concepts. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lecture notes | Script: Hand-outs of lecture slides will be distributed Script "Short introduction into basics of nuclear power" | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Literature | S. Glasston & A. Sesonke: Nuclear Reactor Engineering, Reactor System Engineering, Ed. 4, Vol. 2., Chapman & Hall, NY, 1994 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Prerequisites / Notice | Prerequisites: Recommended in advance (not binding): 151-0163-00L Nuclear Energy Conversion | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 151-0238-00L | Thermodynamics III | 3 credits | 2V + 1U | A. Manera | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Abstract | Introduction to the fundamentals of heat transfer and technical applications of engineering thermodynamics. Extension of thermodynamic fundamentals taught in Thermodynamics I and II. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Learning objective | Introduction to the theory and to the fundamentals of the technical thermodynamics. Main focus: Heat transfer. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Content | General mechanisms of heat transfer. Introduction to heat conductivity. Stationary 1-D and 2-D heat conduction. Instationary conduction. Convection. Forced convection - flow around and through bodies. Natural convection. Evaporation (boiling) and condensation. Heat Exchangers. Radiation heat transfer. Combined heat transfer. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lecture notes | Slides and lecture notes in English. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Literature | F.P. Incropera, D.P. DeWitt, T.L. Bergman, and A.S. Lavine, Fundamentals of Heat and Mass Transfer, John Wiley & Sons, 6th edition, 2006. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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