On-line monitoring the in-core flux distribution using the eigenfunctions

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Abstract

A method of on-line monitoring the reactor core flux distribution is proposed in this paper. In this method, the real in-core flux distribution is reconstructed on-line using the eigenfunctions of neutron diffusion equation. we expand the real in-core flux distribution by the eigenfunctions with linear combination and calculate the expansion coefficients according to the fixed in-core detector readings which are the real-time response of in-core flux distribution. For only a few expansion coefficients need to be calculated in monitoring process, this method has a high calculation speed to meet the requirement of on-line monitoring the reactor. A program named NLSANM-K (Nonlinear Iteration Semi-Analytic Nodal Method & Krylov subspace method) is encoded to calculate the eigenfunctions. The accuracy of the reconstruction is verified by comparing the reconstructed flux distribution with the results calculated by a core simulator SAMME.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 17th International Conference on Nuclear Engineering 2009, ICONE17
Pages381-386
Number of pages6
DOIs
StatePublished - 2009
Event17th International Conference on Nuclear Engineering, ICONE17 - Brussels, Belgium
Duration: 12 Jul 200916 Jul 2009

Publication series

NameInternational Conference on Nuclear Engineering, Proceedings, ICONE
Volume4

Conference

Conference17th International Conference on Nuclear Engineering, ICONE17
Country/TerritoryBelgium
CityBrussels
Period12/07/0916/07/09

Keywords

  • Eigenfunction
  • Flux reconstruction
  • Krylov subspace method
  • On-line

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