Initial 1.5D BISON Simulation Verification and Validation CASL FY17 Letter Report
- Idaho National Lab. (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States). Fuel Modeling and Simulation
This milestone report describes the current efforts to improve the usability of the recently developed 1.5 dimensional capability in BISON, the initial verification of this BISON capability, and initial validation of the 1.5 dimensional models against existing 2 dimensional axisymmetric full length light water reactor (LWR) fuel rods. The 1.5 dimensional (1.5D) capability in BISON was developed to enable the simulation of LWR fuel rods in a less computationally demanding simulation formulation while retaining key physics of interest. BISON was originally developed to solve 2D axisymmetric and 3D models, and this original development focus allows BISON to examine a wider range of fuel types and geometrically complexity than can be solved with lower dimensional frameworks. As the set of problems which BISON is used to solve expands, the software design requirements continue to evolve. Coupling physics in a higher dimensional geometry is not always required to resolve the physics of interest, such as the modeling of radial heat transfer and radial displacement. BISON, built on the dimension-agnostic MOOSE framework, is able to solve problems in 3D, 2D, and 1D with only minor modifications to the material definition code so that the appropriate geometrical representation can be applied in different problems of interest. The motivation for the development and validation of the BISON 1.5D capability is the CASL program's need for a simplified and computationally efficient version of BISON for use in the large multi-physics VERA simulations which include hundreds of individual fuel rods. The original development of the BISON 1.5D simulation capability is described in the CASL FY17 Letter Report from January 2017, and this report documents the continuing work identified in the previous report. The improvements to the usability of the 1.5D capability through input file simplifications, the results of the verification simulations, the results of the initial validation against the 2D assessment cases in BISON, and the future development needs are included within this report.
- Research Organization:
- Idaho National Lab. (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Nuclear Energy (NE), Fuel Cycle Technologies (NE-5)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC07-05ID14517
- OSTI ID:
- 1408522
- Report Number(s):
- INL/EXT-17-42455
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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