Generation and Application of Interface Discontinuity Factors in the Reactor Simulator DYN3D - 14025
Daeubler, Miriam; Jimenez, Javier; Sanchez, Victor
American Nuclear Society - ANS, 555 North Kensington Avenue, La Grange Park, IL 60526 (United States)2014
American Nuclear Society - ANS, 555 North Kensington Avenue, La Grange Park, IL 60526 (United States)2014
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[en] In this work, methods to evaluate and apply interface discontinuity factors for the reactor simulator DYN3D are discussed. Both Generalized Equivalence Theory and Black-Box Homogenization interface discontinuity factors were considered. As DYN3D is based on the nodal expansion approach, it has been extended to allow for generating interface discontinuity factors for both its nodal and pin level diffusion solution. Selected verification cases utilizing the lattice codes SCALE 6.1/TRITON and Serpent 2.1.15 are presented. Applying interface discontinuity factors, DYN3D reproduces given reference solutions in almost all cases. If strong absorbers dominate at least one of the cells of the geometry, small residual errors attributable to DYN3D's solution algorithm are observed. Producing interface discontinuity factors for a problem as a whole typically proves to be computationally prohibitive. Hence, PWR application cases in which interface discontinuity factors were generated for a number of super-cells of the geometry were analyzed. The potential of the interface discontinuity factors to improve the DYN3D solution was found to depend heavily on the suitable choice of super-cells. (authors)
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2014; 10 p; American Nuclear Society - ANS; La Grange Park, IL (United States); ICAPP 2014: International Congress on Advances in Nuclear Power Plants; Charlotte, NC (United States); 6-9 Apr 2014; ISBN 978-0-89448-776-7; ; Country of input: France; 17 refs.; Available on CD-ROM from American Nuclear Society - ANS, 555 North Kensington Avenue, La Grange Park, IL 60526 (US)
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