Mumbai University > Mechanical Engineering > Sem 7 > Power Plant Engineering

Marks : 10M

Year: May 2016

USA. The most important limitation on a PWR is the critical temperature of water, 3740 C. This is the maximum possible temperature of the coolant in the reactor, and in practice it is considerably less, possibly about 300 0C, to allow a margin of safety. In a PWR, the coolant …