基于RMC的材料温度微扰方法研究

Research on Material Temperature Perturbation Methods Based on RMC

  • 摘要: 本文基于RMC程序研究了适用于非热化同位素全能区的二阶材料温度微扰算法,提出了非热化同位素全能区截面温度导数求解方法。基于截面调整因子推导了低能区截面温度导数计算方法;介绍了基于高斯-厄米特求积技术的可分辨共振区截面温度导数求解方法;提出了等概率带概率表制作方法和基于等概率带概率表的不可分辨共振区截面温度导数求解方法,并基于HDF5格式的一种新结构中子核数据库实现了等概率带概率表的应用和不可分辨共振区截面温度导数的求解。然后将温度微扰算法应用到了Big Ten算例、VERA-2B算例和VENUS-2反应堆算例的燃料温度敏感性系数的计算中,通过使用燃料温度敏感性系数对其他燃料温度下的响应量计数预测的方法证明了算法的正确性以及在大规模复杂问题中的适用性。

     

    Abstract: A second-order material temperature perturbation algorithm applicable to the full-energy range of non-thermalized isotopes based on the RMC code was developed, and a corresponding method for solving temperature derivatives of cross-section was proposed. The perturbation algorithm is based on the differential operator method, which is well-established in Monte Carlo codes and already implemented in RMC. Therefore, it is not reiterated in this paper, with the primary focus placed on establishing the temperature derivative of cross-section calculation model required by the method. The energy-region division for neutron cross-section processing in RMC was introduced firstly, followed by separate investigations into the online cross-section treatment methods and the temperature derivative of cross-section calculation methods for different energy regions. In the low-energy region, a cross-section adjustment factor was used for online processing, and based on this factor, a method for calculating the temperature derivative of cross-section was derived, with further investigation into its approximate calculation methods. In the resolved resonance region, a cross-section broadening technique based on Gauss-Hermite quadrature and the corresponding temperature derivative solution method were presented. In the unresolved resonance region, an equal-probability-band probability table generation method, along with an online cross-section processing approach and a temperature derivative solution based on this probability table, was proposed. Subsequently, the application of the equal-probability-band probability table and the calculation of temperature derivatives of cross-section were implemented using an innovative structure HDF5 format neutron nuclear databases. The correctness of the equal-probability-band probability table generation method was verified by comparing the keff and neutron spectrum calculation results of the Big Ten benchmark using conventional probability tables and equal-probability-band probability tables. Finally, the proposed algorithm was applied to calculate fuel temperature sensitivity coefficients for the Big Ten benchmark model, VERA-2B benchmark model, and VENUS-2 reactor benchmark model. Using the fuel temperature sensitivity coefficients obtained at a specific temperature, response counts at other temperature points were predicted. The results show that, in the vicinity of the current temperature, the deviation between the predicted and actual calculated results does not exceed three times the Monte Carlo statistical error, demonstrating the correctness of the algorithm and its applicability to large-scale complex problems.

     

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