The coarse space-energy mesh rebalancing method for neutron diffusion calculations in fast reactors

Journal Article · Sun Apr 01 04:00:00 EDT 1990 · Nuclear Science and Engineering; (United States)

OSTI ID:6018673

Kato, Y; Urushihara, H ^[1]

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1. Hitachi Ltd., Ibaraki (Japan). Hitachi Works

This paper reports on the coarse space-energy mesh rebalancing method studied for the purpose of convergence acceleration on two-dimensional multigroup neutron diffusion calculations with a seven-point finite difference scheme, a uniform triangular mesh, and an arbitrary scattering matrix. The rebalancing method provides convergences without numerical instability for a range of fast reactor problems with varying numbers of neutron energy groups and mesh points. The number of outer iterations is decreased with the rebalancing method by a factor of 2 in comparison to the case when only asymptotic fission source extrapolation and successive overrelaxation acceleration techniques are applied. With the rebalancing method. The HIVER code solves the problems 5 to 20 times faster than the existing reference CITATION code. The relative calculation speed of the reference code increases with the problem size.

• OSTI ID: 6018673
• Journal Information: Nuclear Science and Engineering; (United States), Journal Name: Nuclear Science and Engineering; (United States) Vol. 104:4; ISSN 0029-5639; ISSN NSENA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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