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Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Tulsa, 1991. / Bibliography: leaves 172-174.

Thesis (M.Sc.). / Written for the School of Computer Science. Title from title page of PDF (viewed 2008/01/15). Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (M.S.)--Rochester Institute of Technology, 1992. / Typescript. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 104-108).

Thesis (M.S.)--University of Michigan, 1979.

Thesis (M.S.)--University of Michigan, 1970.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Delaware, 2005. / Principal faculty advisor: Baidurya Bhattacharya, Dept. of Civil & Environmental Engineering. Includes bibliographical references.

Failure of Alloy 600 steam generator tubing in Pressurised Water Reactors (PWRs) has prompted the investigation of alloy 690 as an alternative material. Six commercially produced tubes and ten experimentally produced alloys have been examined with varying amounts of carbon, aluminium and titanium. Alloy compositions have been selected to investigate the individual and combined effects of these elements on the microstructure and corrosion behaviour in the environments of corrosion tests and simulated PWR conditions. Alloys were subjected to simulated mill annealing treatments at varied temperatures. Microstructural characterisation using optical and electron microscopy has demonstrated the effects of composition and thermal treatment in controlling grain size and carbide precipitation together with the interdependence between these structural details. Stress corrosion resistance of selected alloy 690 tubes has been examined with samples in an autoclave at fixed temperatures with environments based on pure water, sodium hydroxide and sodium hydroxide + sodium sulphate solutions. Susceptibility to intergranular attack has been related to aluminium contents of the alloy and to thermal treatments given. Results suggest a decreased resistance to IGA when aluminium is increased. Thermal treatments given to the samples appear not to be very significant to the amounts of IGA. The compositions and heat treatments used in the corrosion study were further examined on a dedicated scanning transmission electron microscope in order to correlate the effects of, chromium depletion, nickel enrichment and impurity segregation at grain boundaries, with corrosion characteristics. These results have shown the effect of varying the special thermal treatment temperature and time on the degree of enrichment / depletion / segregation and the corrosion resistance of the alloy. The mechanism of protection afforded by the special thermal treatment can thus be elucidated.

Dans un contexte international de transition énergétique, l’amélioration des systèmes de production d’électricité est un élément clé. Ainsi, l’optimisation de ces systèmes, ou des composants les constituant, vise à maximiser leur efficacité, afin de convertir au mieux une source d’énergie en électricité. C’est notamment le cas des cycles de Rankine, qui font l’objet de nombreuses études pour en améliorer le rendement. La présente étude se focalise sur un composant de ce cycle vapeur : le condenseur, chargé de condenser la vapeur en sortie de turbine. Un modèle numérique est développé afin de caractériser les performances thermiques et hydrauliques de cet échangeur de chaleur. Il fait appel à une technique d’homogénéisation locale, l’approche par milieux équivalents, pour estimer les transferts thermiques, dans le cas d’un échangeur de type tubes-calandre. Pour ce faire, chacun des éléments constitutifs de ce modèle est présenté en détails, puis validé. Les principales innovations de ce modèle sont sa précision accrue, car il est capable de renseigner les performances de chaque tube, et la combinaison de corrélations utilisées, dont le choix est appuyé par une étude bibliographique. Avec le niveau de précision proposé, le modèle permet finalement d’améliorer les performances locales de l’échangeur. / Within a worldwide energy transition, the enhancement of electricity production systems plays a keyrole. Thus, the optimisation of these systems, or their constitutive components, aims at improving their efficiency, in order to better convert a energy source into electricity. In particular, it covers Rankine cycles, that numerous studies deal with, focusing on improving their performance rating. The current study is only about a single component of this steam cycle : the condenser, which is charged of condensing steam at the ouput of the turbine. A numerical modelling of the condenser has been carried out, in order to characterize its thermal and hydraulic performances. It involves an homogenization method, the porous media approach, to asses the thermal transfer, in the case of a shell-and-tube heat exchanger. To do so, each constitutive component of this model is described and validated. The main innovative aspects of this model are its increased precision, since it can give information about each tube’s performance, and the correlations’ combination, which choice is based upon a bibliographic study. With the reached precision, the model enable the user to improve the local performances of the heat exchanger.