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PROTEUS-MOC User Manual

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1483947· OSTI ID:1483947
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  1. Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)

The PROTEUS-MOC code is a three-dimensional (3D) neutron transport code based on the finite element mesh and the method of characteristics (MOC) which combines a 2D MOC with the discontinuous Galerkin finite element method for the axial direction. Thus, for PROTEUS-MOC, a 3D geometry is represented with by the implicit extrusion of a single 2D planar geometry with different material assignments allowable on each plane. The code requires four input files for a steady-state calculation without the thermal feedback: a driver input, a mesh input, a cross section input, and a material assignment input. With thermal feedback, a T/H input file is needed. For kinetics, a kinetics driver input file is required. The PROTEUS-MOC software produces a text output file as well as a data file which includes integral and average quantities such on fluxes, powers, temperatures, densities, etc. The detailed output file can be converted to the VTK format using the post processing code so that the outputs can be visualized using a visualization software such as VisIt.

Research Organization:
Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Nuclear Energy (NE), Nuclear Energy Advanced Modeling and Simulation (NEAMS)
DOE Contract Number:
AC02-06CH11357
OSTI ID:
1483947
Report Number(s):
ANL/NSE--18/10; 147540
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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