3D Real Time Simulation of Reactor Core based on Discontinuity Factor Ratio
During the development of full scope simulator (FSS) in nuclear power plant, it is difficult to satisfy with high precision and efficiency of the 3D distribution calculation of reactor power. The accuracy of conventional coarse mesh finite difference method (CMFD) cannot meet the requirement if the nodal size is large. According to the generalized equivalence theory (GET) the finite difference solution of diffusion equation based on discontinuity factor correction was deduced, the calculation method of the discontinuity factor and boundary albedo are presented through the process of assembly homogenization. Through the calculation of typical LMW benchmark problem, the simulation results showed that using CMFD with discontinuity factor ratio (CMFD DFR) to solve the time dependent neutron kinetic equation, can not only improve the simulation precision, and can keep the calculation speed, and can meet the requirement of reactor core real time model of FSS.
IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science