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A multiphysics simulation suite for liquid metal-cooled fast reactors
Annals of Nuclear Energy ( IF 1.9 ) Pub Date : 2021-05-03 , DOI: 10.1016/j.anucene.2021.108213
William C. Dawn , Scott Palmtag

A new multiphysics simulation suite has been created to model Liquid Metal-cooled Fast Reactors (LMFRs). LUPINE: “LMFR Utility for Physics Informed Nuclear Engineering” is based on the Finite Element Method (FEM) and employs a general, unstructured mesh to solve the Simplified PN (SPN) neutron transport equations and multiphysics models to simulate thermal hydraulics and thermal expansion. Results of validation benchmarks are presented using the SPN solver and runtime results indicate that the SPN solver scales well for increasing SPN truncation order. To demonstrate the multiphysics coupling capabilities of LUPINE, the Advanced Burner Reactor (ABR) MET-1000 benchmark is modeled using coupled neutronics, thermal hydraulics, and thermal expansion models. It is shown that the SP3 method is sufficient to model the SPN effects in the ABR. The multiphysics models are showcased by calculating several multiphysics reactivity coefficients including: power defect, thermal expansion coefficient, Doppler coefficient, and Coolant Temperature Coefficient (CTC).



中文翻译:

用于液态金属冷却快堆的多物理场仿真套件

已经创建了一个新的多物理场仿真套件,以对液态金属冷却快堆(LMFR)进行建模。羽扇:“LMFR实用的物理知情核工程”是基于有限元法(FEM)和采用通用的,非结构化的网格解决简体PñSPñ)中子输运方程和多物理场模型来模拟热力学和热膨胀。验证基准的结果使用SPñ 求解器和运行时结果表明 SPñ 求解器可以很好地扩展以增加 SPñ截断顺序。为了证明多物理场耦合的能力羽扇,高级燃烧器反应器(ABR)MET-1000基准,使用耦合中子,热工水力,和热膨胀模型建模。结果表明,SP 3方法足以对模型进行建模。SPñABR中的效果。通过计算几个多物理场反应性系数来展示多物理场模型,其中包括:功率缺陷,热膨胀系数,多普勒系数和冷却液温度系数(CTC)。

更新日期:2021-05-03
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