| Issue |
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 | 06001 | |
| Number of page(s) | 8 | |
| Section | Advanced Modelling and Simulation | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/202124706001 | |
| Published online | 22 February 2021 | |
https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/202124706001
EFFECT OF ENERGY DEPOSITION MODELLING IN COUPLED STEADY STATE MONTE CARLO NEUTRONICS/THERMAL HYDRAULICS CALCULATIONS
1 VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd P.O Box 1000, FI-02044 VTT, Finland
2 Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institute of Neutron Physics and Reactor Technology Hermann-von-Helmholtz-Platz 1, 76344 Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany
Published online: 22 February 2021
In coupled calculations with Monte Carlo neutronics and thermal hydraulics the Monte Carlo code is used to produce a power distribution which in practice means tallying the energy deposition. Usually the energy deposition is estimated by making a simple approximation that energy is deposited only in fission reactions. The goal of this work is to study how the accuracy of energy deposition modelling affects the results of steady state coupled calculations. For this task an internal coupling between Monte Carlo transport code Serpent 2 and subchannel code SUBCHANFLOW is used along with a recently implemented energy deposition treatment of Serpent 2. The new treatment offers four energy deposition modes each of which offers a different combination of accuracy and required computational time. As a test case, a 3D PWR fuel assembly is modelled with different energy deposition modes. The resulting effective multiplication factors are within 30 pcm. Differences of up to 100K are observed in the fuel temperatures.
Key words: Monte Carlo / multi-physics / energy deposition / Serpent / SUBCHANFLOW
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