Polynomial expansion nodal transport method in hexagonal geometry
- Seoul National Univ. (Korea, Republic of)
- Hong Ik Univ., Seoul (Korea, Republic of)
Recently, the polynomial expansion nodal (PEN) method was developed as a new nodal diffusion scheme for hexagonal core analyses. Using the direct polynomial expansion for the node flux, the PEN method not only eliminates the complicated transverse integration procedures-especially in hexagonal geometry-which are frequently used in conventional nodal methods, but also provides a number of features such as the convenient energy group expendability and much enhanced accuracy with less computational effort. In this paper, we further develop the PEN method for the transport equation for the cases where the transport effects are important: highly heterogeneous, small (high-leakage), and fast reactors, etc. Here, we take the even-parity form of transport equation. The main reason is that the diffusion-like nature of the even-parity equation is adequate to establish the new nodal transport method (PEN-TR) using the earlier developed PEN method in diffusion theory.
- OSTI ID:
- 552462
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-971125--
- Journal Information:
- Transactions of the American Nuclear Society, Journal Name: Transactions of the American Nuclear Society Vol. 77; ISSN 0003-018X; ISSN TANSAO
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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