Application of a generalized interface module to the coupling of PARCS with both RELAP5 and TRAC-M
- SCIENTECH, Inc. (United States)
- Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, IN (United States)
- Korean Atomic Energy Research Inst., Seoul (Korea, Republic of)
- Los Alamos National Lab., NM (United States)
- Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC (United States)
In an effort to more easily assess various combinations of 3-D neutronic/thermal-hydraulic codes, the USNRC has sponsored the development of a generalized interface module for the coupling of any thermal-hydraulics code to any spatial kinetics code. In this design, the thermal-hydraulics, general interface, and spatial kinetics codes function independently and utilize the Parallel Virtual Machine (PVM) software to manage inter-process communication. Using this interface, the USNRC version of the 3D neutron kinetics code, PARCS, has been coupled to the USNRC system analysis codes RELAP5 and TRAC-M. RELAP5/PARCS assessment results are presented for an OECD/NEA main steam line break benchmark problem. The assessment of TRAC-M/PARCS has only recently been initiated; nonetheless, the capabilities of the coupled code are presented for the OECD/NEA main steam line break benchmark problem.
- Research Organization:
- Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-7405-ENG-36
- OSTI ID:
- 350957
- Report Number(s):
- LA-UR-99-856; CONF-990605-; ON: DE99002742; TRN: AHC29921%%143
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: 1999 annual meeting of the American Nuclear Society (ANS), Boston, MA (United States), 6-10 Jun 1999; Other Information: PBD: [1999]
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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