Glenn Harvel, PhD
Professor
Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science
Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science
Dr. Harvel has three main areas of research focus include nuclear decommissioning, nuclear plant design, and nuclear plant sustainable operations. His research group is researching all aspects of decontamination, dismantling and dose improvement. The plant design research focuses on developing simpler designs for use in the current CANDU fleet and for SMR concepts.
Full biography
Dr. Harvel has three main areas of research focus: Nuclear Decommissioning, Nuclear Plant Design, and Nuclear Plant Sustainable Operations.
Areas of expertise
Courses
- NUCL 4700UNuclear Plant Design and SimulationIntroduces the main design and operating features of nuclear power plants using pressurized and boiling light water, pressurized heavy water and gas cooled reactors; small, medium and large reactors; unit control schemes; shutdown and safety systems; reactor cooling, shutdown and emergency core cooling systems; steam generator design features, level and pressure control; turbine and generator design; feedwater systems; unit electrical, service water and air systems. Where appropriate, nuclear power plant simulators will be used to demonstrate key aspects of power plant design.
- NUCL 4525UNuclear Plant Safety DesignThis course describes the regulatory requirements and the principles guiding the protection of workers and the general public from being harmed as a result of nuclear plant operations. Topics include: worker and public safety requirements; codes and standards; sources of radioactive release; defence in depth; principle of control, cool, contain; accident prevention, mitigation and accommodation; separation and independence; redundancy; common mode events; inherent safety features; plant safety systems; safety culture, management of plant safety; design basis accident; accident analysis; quantitative and probabilistic risk assessment; examples of nuclear accidents; online and off-line computer codes for the design and safety analysis of nuclear plants.
- NUCL 4780UNuclear Reactor DesignAn introduction to thermal and fast reactors and reactor cooling systems. Topics include: natural and enriched fuels; pressure vessels and pressure tubes; reactor structures; moderator materials and systems; reactor coolant materials and systems; shutdown and safety systems, heat generation and removal in the fuel; modes of heat transfer from fuel to coolant; boiling heat transfer; cooling by natural circulation; measurement of thermal-hydraulic parameters; momentum, mass and energy transfer processes; requirements for main heat transport, shutdown cooling and emergency core cooling systems. Nuclear power plant simulators will be used to demonstrate key aspects of reactor design.
- NUCL 5100GNuclear Plant Systems and OperationA combination of lectures and self-paced interactive CD are used to present the key design and operating features of a CANDU generating unit, including the principles of overall unit operation and control; the functions, equipment and operation of the main process systems; how each major system is controlled; and how reactor safety and the protection of the public is achieved. Students gain familiarity with the conduct of normal and abnormal operations on a simulated CANDU generating unit, including power manoeuvres; poison override operations; recoveries from reactor trips; recoveries from turbine trips; and responses to reactor, heat transport, steam and feed-water system malfunctions
- NUCL 5260GReactor Containment SystemsThis course covers the design and main operating features of nuclear reactor containment systems, considering both normal and accident conditions. The course includes definition and purpose of containment, design requirements and considerations, a survey of containment designs in actual use and the use of simulation for safety analysis and design.
Education
- 1995PhD - Nuclear EngineeringMcMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario
- 1991Master of Engineering in Engineering PhysicsMcMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario
- 1989Bachelor of EngineeringMcMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario
Speaking engagements
- Okinawa, Japan December 31, 1969Generation of Gaseous Iodine for Advanced EHD CollectionInternational Symposium on Electrohydrodynamics
- Singapore, Southeast Asia December 31, 1969Determination of Specific Heat of Eutectic Indium-Bismuth-Tin Liquid Metal Alloys as a Test Material for Liquid Metal-Cooled ApplicationsInternational Conference on Recent Trends in Materials and Mechanical Engineering
- Chengdu, China February 8, 2013Study on Primary and Secondary Heat Transport Systems for Sodium-Cooled Fast Reactor21st International Conference on Nuclear Engineering
- Boston, Massachusetts December 31, 1969Effects of Cavitation Damage on the Hydraulic Characteristics of a Gate ValveAmerican Society of Mechanical Engineers 2013 Power Conference
- Boston, Massachusetts December 31, 1969Investigation of Fluid Dynamic Properties of Liquid Field's MetalAmerican Society of Mechanical Engineers 2013 Power Conference
- Chengdu, China December 31, 1969Assessment of FLUENT Code as a Tool for SCW Heat Transfer Analysis21st International Conference on Nuclear Engineering
Affiliations
- Professional Engineers Ontario
- Canadian Nuclear Society
- Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers - Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation Society
- Canadian Association of High Voltage and Electrostatics
- McMaster University