Finite-line heat transfer code with automated sensitivity-calculation capability

Technical Report · Mon Sep 01 04:00:00 EDT 1986

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/5120612· OSTI ID:5120612

Worley, B. A.; Wright, R. Q.; Pin, F. G.

The finite-line heat transfer code, TEMP, is used to calculate temperature distributions within geological repositories for high-level nuclear waste. A capability to concurrently calculate the sensitivity of the temperature distribution to any or all data of interest was incorporated into this code using an automated procedure called GRESS. Only two man-weeks of effort were required for this process. The accuracy of the GRESS-added sensitivity calculation capability was verified using comparisons of GRESS-calculated sensitivities with sensitivities estimated from perturbation analysis for all 189 TEMP sample cases. This successful GRESS enhancement of TEMP and the associated verification analysis contributes to the overall program of validating the GRESS procedure.

• Research Organization: Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC05-84OR21400
• OSTI ID: 5120612
• Report Number(s): ORNL/TM-9975; ON: DE87002329
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

052002* -- Nuclear Fuels-- Waste Disposal & Storage
12 MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE AND NON-RADIOACTIVE WASTES FROM NUCLEAR FACILITIES
COMPUTER CODES
COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION
ENERGY TRANSFER
GEOLOGIC DEPOSITS
HEAT TRANSFER
NUCLEAR FACILITIES
RADIOACTIVE WASTE FACILITIES
SENSITIVITY
SIMULATION
T CODES
TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION