High Power Laser and Particle Beams, Volume. 34, Issue 2, 026017(2022)

Validation of a nuclear code system for prismatic high temperature gas-cooled reactors based on the Very High Temperature Reactor Critical Assembly benchmark

Yuan Yuan1... Chenglong Zhang1, Guoming Liu1,*, Shuhong Du1, Xiaodong Huo1, Zhiyuan Feng2 and Xia’nan Du3 |Show fewer author(s)
Author Affiliations
  • 1China Nuclear Power Engineering Co., Ltd, Beijing 100840, China
  • 2Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
  • 3School of Nuclear Science and Technology, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an 710049, China
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    Figures & Tables(10)
    VHTRC HP core cross sections
    VHTRC HP core cross sections after modification
    keff in SPH iteration process
    • Table 1. keff results of different density adjustment cases

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      Table 1. keff results of different density adjustment cases

      density adjustment factorkeffstandard deviation$\Delta {k}_{ {\rm{eff} }\text{} }$/10−5
      original1.008710.000260
      0.51.007650.00027−106
      0.61.008770.000246
      0.651.010310.00024160
    • Table 2. keff of different energy group structure cases

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      Table 2. keff of different energy group structure cases

      casekeffstandard deviation$\Delta {k}_{{\rm{eff}}}$/10−5
      CE1.009270.00011
      MG-4g1.028180.000091891
      MG-8g1.024760.000111549
      MG-16g1.023910.000111464
      MG-25g1.018440.00010917
      MG-40g1.017860.00011859
      MG-70g1.016610.00009734
    • Table 3. Power discrepancy of different zoning cases

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      Table 3. Power discrepancy of different zoning cases

      No.relative error/%
      case 1case 2
      10.090.10
      2−0.53−0.54
      31.400.08
      40.090.47
      5−0.20−0.04
      60.520.38
      7−0.34−0.05
      8−0.34−0.12
      90.180.07
      10−0.38−0.18
      11−0.48−0.33
      120.200.12
      130.190.16
    • Table 4. keff of different zoning cases

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      Table 4. keff of different zoning cases

      keffstandard deviation
      case 11.008430.00010
      case 21.009510.00008
    • Table 5. keff of different temperature cases

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      Table 5. keff of different temperature cases

      T/Kkeff
      benchmarkMVP-IIRMC-CESaraGR
      298.651.0115±0.00321.00706±0.000061.00927±0.000111.00981
      344.351.0046±0.00330.99998±0.000061.00263±0.000101.00219
      374.050.9994±0.00350.99527±0.000060.99778±0.000110.99713
      423.650.9906±0.00350.98700±0.000060.98925±0.000100.98823
      472.750.9820±0.00370.97893±0.000060.98140±0.000110.97957
    • Table 6. Results with interpolation of cross sections

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      Table 6. Results with interpolation of cross sections

      T/Kkeff$\Delta {k}_{{\rm{eff}}}$/(10−5)
      RMC-CESaraGR-Interp
      298.651.00927±0.000111.0098255
      344.351.00263±0.000101.00138−125
      374.050.99778±0.000110.99642−136
      400.000.99321±0.000110.99234−87
      423.650.98925±0.000100.98787−138
      472.750.98140±0.000110.97930−210
      500.000.97677±0.000110.97491−186
    • Table 7. Isothermal reactivity coefficient

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      Table 7. Isothermal reactivity coefficient

      case$ {\mathrm{\alpha }}_{\mathrm{T}} $/(10−5·K−1)
      benchmark−17.1
      MVP-II−16.4
      RMC-CE−16.2
      SaraGR−17.6
      SaraGR-Interp−17.7
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    Yuan Yuan, Chenglong Zhang, Guoming Liu, Shuhong Du, Xiaodong Huo, Zhiyuan Feng, Xia’nan Du. Validation of a nuclear code system for prismatic high temperature gas-cooled reactors based on the Very High Temperature Reactor Critical Assembly benchmark[J]. High Power Laser and Particle Beams, 2022, 34(2): 026017

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    Paper Information

    Category: Monte Carlo Methods and Applications

    Received: Aug. 23, 2021

    Accepted: --

    Published Online: Jan. 26, 2022

    The Author Email: Liu Guoming (liugma@cnpe.cc)

    DOI:10.11884/HPLPB202234.210362

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