Full core 3D simulation of the BEAVRS benchmark with OpenMOC
Abstract
The Method of Characteristics (MOC) has seen wide interest in reactor physics because of its accuracy and efficiency in computing lattice physics problems. While most of its use has been in solving 2D problems, there has been recent interest in extending MOC to 3D in order to more accurately calculate 3D power distributions in LWRs. While the method is naturally extensible to 3D, it presents significant computational difficulties. OpenMOC, an open source MOC simulator, has been extended from 2D to 3D capabilities. Simulation results are presented in this study for the full core 3D simulation of the BEAVRS benchmark, adequately resolved in space and angle.
- Authors:
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- Bloomberg LP, New York, NY (United States)
- Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA (United States)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Nuclear Energy (NE), Nuclear Energy University Program (NEUP); USDOE
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1801260
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1703414
- Grant/Contract Number:
- NE0008578; AC02-06CH11357; AC07-05ID14517
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Annals of Nuclear Energy (Oxford)
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Name: Annals of Nuclear Energy (Oxford); Journal Volume: 134; Journal ID: ISSN 0306-4549
- Publisher:
- Elsevier
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 22 GENERAL STUDIES OF NUCLEAR REACTORS; neutron transport; method of characteristics; full core; BEAVRS
Citation Formats
Gunow, Geoffrey, Forget, Benoit, and Smith, Kord. Full core 3D simulation of the BEAVRS benchmark with OpenMOC. United States: N. p., 2019.
Web. doi:10.1016/j.anucene.2019.05.050.
Gunow, Geoffrey, Forget, Benoit, & Smith, Kord. Full core 3D simulation of the BEAVRS benchmark with OpenMOC. United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anucene.2019.05.050
Gunow, Geoffrey, Forget, Benoit, and Smith, Kord. Thu .
"Full core 3D simulation of the BEAVRS benchmark with OpenMOC". United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anucene.2019.05.050. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1801260.
@article{osti_1801260,
title = {Full core 3D simulation of the BEAVRS benchmark with OpenMOC},
author = {Gunow, Geoffrey and Forget, Benoit and Smith, Kord},
abstractNote = {The Method of Characteristics (MOC) has seen wide interest in reactor physics because of its accuracy and efficiency in computing lattice physics problems. While most of its use has been in solving 2D problems, there has been recent interest in extending MOC to 3D in order to more accurately calculate 3D power distributions in LWRs. While the method is naturally extensible to 3D, it presents significant computational difficulties. OpenMOC, an open source MOC simulator, has been extended from 2D to 3D capabilities. Simulation results are presented in this study for the full core 3D simulation of the BEAVRS benchmark, adequately resolved in space and angle.},
doi = {10.1016/j.anucene.2019.05.050},
journal = {Annals of Nuclear Energy (Oxford)},
number = ,
volume = 134,
place = {United States},
year = {Thu Jun 20 00:00:00 EDT 2019},
month = {Thu Jun 20 00:00:00 EDT 2019}
}
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