Application of Galerkin's method for calculating boiling water reactor limit-cycle amplitude using the LAPUR feedback-transfer function and the point-kinetics equations

Conference · Mon Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1990

OSTI ID:6465965

Damiano, B; March-Leuba, J A ^[1]; Euler, J A ^[2]

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1. Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (USA)
2. Tennessee Univ., Knoxville, TN (USA). Dept. of Mechanical Engineering

This paper describes a technique for calculating boiling water reactor (BWR) behavior during steady-state limit-cycle oscillations. An approximate solution is obtained from the application of Galerkin's method to a BWR dynamic model consisting of the point-kinetics equations and the LAPUR-calculated power-to-reactivity feedback-transfer function. The approximate-solution technique is described, and comparisons of approximate solutions with numerical results and measured data are given. 7 refs., 5 figs.

• Research Organization: Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (USA)
• Sponsoring Organization: DOE/NE; NRC
• DOE Contract Number: AC05-84OR21400
• OSTI ID: 6465965
• Report Number(s): CONF-9010224-1; ON: DE91001517
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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