Document Type : Research Article
Authors
Department of Energy Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, P.O. Box 14565-1114, Tehran, Iran
Abstract
In this study, after discretization of the neutron diffusion equation and adjoint with high-order nodal expansion method in two dimensions and two energy groups, calculations with Momentum and Galerkin weighting functions for rectangular geometry (BIBLIS-2D) and hexagonal geometry (IAEA-2D) reactors are performed. The mean of relative power error for Momentum and Galerkin weighting functions was calculated in BIBLIS-2D reactor 0.42% and 0.62%, respectively, and for IAEA-2D reactor 4.96% and 3.52%, respectively. Regarding the results, it was concluded that in order to increase accuracy with the acceptable time of computing (4 Seconds for rectangular geometry and 28 seconds for hexagonal geometry with Intel® Core™ i7-4510U Processor), the Momentum weighting function for rectangular geometry and the Galerkin weighting function for hexagonal geometry can be used to discretize equations without reducing the node size. Therefore, to increase the accuracy while maintaining the speed of calculations, without reducing the size of nodes, the appropriate weighting function can be used in discretization, which can be very useful in performing calculations of different transients.
Highlights
- Development of high-speed and accurate steady-state neutronic simulator using the high-order nodal expansion method.
- Use of polynomials with Momentum and Galerkin weighting functions in discretization of neutron diffusion equation.
- These weighting functions for rectangular and hexagonal geometries can be used to discretize equations.
- It was concluded that accuracy increases within the acceptable time of computing
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