Physics-based multiscale coupling for full core nuclear reactor simulation
Abstract
Numerical simulation of nuclear reactors is a key technology in the quest for improvements in efficiency, safety, and reliability of both existing and future reactor designs. Historically, simulation of an entire reactor was accomplished by linking together multiple existing codes that each simulated a subset of the relevant multiphysics phenomena. Recent advances in the MOOSE (Multiphysics Object Oriented Simulation Environment) framework have enabled a new approach: multiple domain-specific applications, all built on the same software framework, are efficiently linked to create a cohesive application. This is accomplished with a flexible coupling capability that allows for a variety of different data exchanges to occur simultaneously on high performance parallel computational hardware. Examples based on the KAIST-3A benchmark core, as well as a simplified Westinghouse AP-1000 configuration, demonstrate the power of this new framework for tackling—in a coupled, multiscale manner—crucial reactor phenomena such as CRUD-induced power shift and fuel shuffle. 2014 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-SA license
- Authors:
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- Idaho National Lab. (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States). Modeling and Simulation
- Idaho National Lab. (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States). Reactor Physics Analysis and Design
- Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA (United States). Dept. of Nuclear Science and Engineering
- Idaho National Lab. (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States). Fuel Modeling and Simulation
- Idaho National Lab. (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States). Thermal Science and Safety Analysis
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Idaho National Lab. (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Nuclear Energy (NE)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1177665
- Report Number(s):
- INL/JOU-14-33821
Journal ID: ISSN 0306-4549; PII: S030645491400543X; TRN: US1500496
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC07-05ID14517
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Annals of Nuclear Energy
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 84; Journal Issue: C; Journal ID: ISSN 0306-4549
- Publisher:
- Elsevier
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 73 NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS; Full core reactor simulation; Multiphysics coupling
Citation Formats
Gaston, Derek R., Permann, Cody J., Peterson, John W., Slaughter, Andrew E., Andrš, David, Wang, Yaqi, Short, Michael P., Perez, Danielle M., Tonks, Michael R., Ortensi, Javier, Zou, Ling, and Martineau, Richard C. Physics-based multiscale coupling for full core nuclear reactor simulation. United States: N. p., 2015.
Web. doi:10.1016/j.anucene.2014.09.060.
Gaston, Derek R., Permann, Cody J., Peterson, John W., Slaughter, Andrew E., Andrš, David, Wang, Yaqi, Short, Michael P., Perez, Danielle M., Tonks, Michael R., Ortensi, Javier, Zou, Ling, & Martineau, Richard C. Physics-based multiscale coupling for full core nuclear reactor simulation. United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anucene.2014.09.060
Gaston, Derek R., Permann, Cody J., Peterson, John W., Slaughter, Andrew E., Andrš, David, Wang, Yaqi, Short, Michael P., Perez, Danielle M., Tonks, Michael R., Ortensi, Javier, Zou, Ling, and Martineau, Richard C. Thu .
"Physics-based multiscale coupling for full core nuclear reactor simulation". United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anucene.2014.09.060. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1177665.
@article{osti_1177665,
title = {Physics-based multiscale coupling for full core nuclear reactor simulation},
author = {Gaston, Derek R. and Permann, Cody J. and Peterson, John W. and Slaughter, Andrew E. and Andrš, David and Wang, Yaqi and Short, Michael P. and Perez, Danielle M. and Tonks, Michael R. and Ortensi, Javier and Zou, Ling and Martineau, Richard C.},
abstractNote = {Numerical simulation of nuclear reactors is a key technology in the quest for improvements in efficiency, safety, and reliability of both existing and future reactor designs. Historically, simulation of an entire reactor was accomplished by linking together multiple existing codes that each simulated a subset of the relevant multiphysics phenomena. Recent advances in the MOOSE (Multiphysics Object Oriented Simulation Environment) framework have enabled a new approach: multiple domain-specific applications, all built on the same software framework, are efficiently linked to create a cohesive application. This is accomplished with a flexible coupling capability that allows for a variety of different data exchanges to occur simultaneously on high performance parallel computational hardware. Examples based on the KAIST-3A benchmark core, as well as a simplified Westinghouse AP-1000 configuration, demonstrate the power of this new framework for tackling—in a coupled, multiscale manner—crucial reactor phenomena such as CRUD-induced power shift and fuel shuffle. 2014 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-SA license},
doi = {10.1016/j.anucene.2014.09.060},
journal = {Annals of Nuclear Energy},
number = C,
volume = 84,
place = {United States},
year = {Thu Oct 01 00:00:00 EDT 2015},
month = {Thu Oct 01 00:00:00 EDT 2015}
}
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