By Igor Pioro and Romney Duffey


"Dr. Pioro['s] reputation is excellent. Dr. Duffey hasbeen a leader in the nuclear industry for about threedecades..." --Jacopo Buongiorno, MassachusettsInstitute of Technology (MIT).

"The book would be useful to engineers and scientistsworking with supercritical fluid flow...there is no comparable texton the market." --Vijay Chatoorgoon, Department ofMechanical Engineering, University of Manitoba.

"I was impressed with the wealth of data and referencescited by the authors." --Maan H. Jawad, President,Global Engineering & Technology.


Mechanical and Nuclear Engineerings are currently working onadvanced power plants intended for implementation within the nextdecade. One such Generation IV concept is a supercritical,water-cooled nuclear reactor. In addition, there are alreadyhundreds of supercritical steam generators operating worldwide inthe thermal power industry.

These system designs reduce emissions and lower cost by attaininghigh thermodynamic cycle and economic efficiency, utilizing bothnatural and forced circulation flows and optimizing heat exchangerand turbine layout and performance. Development, design, andsuccessful operation of these power-generating units requireknowledge of heat transfer, pressure drop, and thermal hydraulicsat supercritical pressures. Demand for reliable information ishigh, and until now, no single book related to this topic has beenpublished.

This book brings together and integrates the results from over 500of the latest sources from the global publications devoted to heattransfer and hydraulic resistance of fluids flowing inside channelsof various geometries at near-critical and supercritical pressures.This book is of interest to nuclear and mechanical engineers inboth industry and academia, who are concerned with the developmentand design of next-generation reactors, as well as engineers andtechnologists currently working with supercritical steam generatorsand power systems.

Included with this book is a free CD containing fullylinked references to help readers navigate the wealth of materialthat is provided.