Verification of the code DYN3D for calculations of neutron flux fluctuations
Journal article, 2022
In order to contribute to the verification of DYN3D for the simulation of neutron flux fluctuations, two special cases of perturbations of the neutron flux (a localized absorber of variable/oscillatory strength and a travelling oscillatory perturbation) are considered with DYN3D on the one hand and with the frequency-domain neutron noise tool CORE SIM as well as analytical frequency-domain approaches, respectively, on the other hand. The obtained results are compared with respect to the distributions of the amplitude and the phase of the induced neutron flux fluctuations. The comparisons are repeated with varied amplitudes and frequencies of the perturbation.
The results agree well both qualitatively and quantitatively for each of the conducted calculations. The remaining deviations between the DYN3D results and the reference results exhibit a dependence on the perturbation magnitude, which is attributed to the neglect of higher-order terms (linear theory) of the perturbed quantities in the calculation of the reference solutions.
Deterministic reactor modelling
CORE SIM
DYN3D
Neutron noise
Author
M. Viebach
Technische Universität Dresden
C. Lange
Technische Universität Dresden
S. Kliem
Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf
Christophe Demaziere
Chalmers, Physics, Subatomic, High Energy and Plasma Physics
U. Rohde
HZDR-Innovation Rossendorf
D. Hennig
Technische Universität Dresden
A. Hurtado
Technische Universität Dresden
Annals of Nuclear Energy
0306-4549 (ISSN) 1873-2100 (eISSN)
Vol. 166 108735Subject Categories
Other Engineering and Technologies not elsewhere specified
Other Physics Topics
Areas of Advance
Energy
DOI
10.1016/j.anucene.2021.108735