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EPJ Web Conf.
Volume 247, 2021
PHYSOR2020 – International Conference on Physics of Reactors: Transition to a Scalable Nuclear Future
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| Article Number | 03019 | |
| Number of page(s) | 8 | |
| Section | Deterministic Transport | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/202124703019 | |
| Published online | 22 February 2021 | |
https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/202124703019
APPLICATION OF THE SPH EQUIVALENCE TECHNIQUE TO THE CABRI FULL CORE IN NON-FUNDAMENTAL MODE
1 Polytechnique Montréal P.O. Box 6079, Station Centre-Ville, Montréal QC
2 Institut de Radioprotection et de Sûreté Nucléaire (IRSN) 31 avenue de la Division Leclerc, 92260, Fontenay-aux-Roses, France
alain.hebert@polymtl.ca
julien.taforeau@irsn.fr
jean-jacques.ingremeau@irsn.fr
Published online: 22 February 2021
We developed a SPH equivalence technique in non-fundamental mode condition between a CABRI full-core model solved with the method of characteristics (MOC) in 2D and a simplified full-core model solved with the simplified P3 (SP3) method, linear anisotropic sources and discretized with Raviart-Thomas finite elements over a pure Cartesian mesh. The MOC and SP3 calculations are performed with DRAGON5 and DONJON5 codes, respectively. A three-parameter database is generated by DRAGON5 and is interpolated in DONJON5 as a function of the core condition. An objective function is set as the root mean square (RMS) error (MOC-SP3 discrepancy) on absorption distribution and leakage rates defined over the macro-geometry in DONJON5. Our algorithm is a quasi-Newtonian gradient search based on the Limited memory Broyden-Fletcher-Goldfarb-Shanno (LBFGS) method. Numerical results are presented with Hafnium bars withdrawn or inserted.
Key words: SPH equivalence / CABRI reactor / Limited memory Broyden-Fletcher-Goldfarb-Shanno method / unconstrained optimization
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