Method to Estimate Thermal Transients in Reactors and Determine Their Parameter Sensitivities without a Forward Simulation.
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| Title: | Method to Estimate Thermal Transients in Reactors and Determine Their Parameter Sensitivities without a Forward Simulation. |
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| Authors: | Holdampf, Sydney A.1 (AUTHOR), Osborne, Andrew G.1,2 (AUTHOR), Deinert, Mark R.1,2,3 (AUTHOR) mdeinert@mines.edu |
| Source: | Energies (19961073). Oct2022, Vol. 15 Issue 19, p7027. 13p. |
| Subjects: | Geothermal reactors, Finite differences, Thermal conductivity, Thermophysical properties, Fast reactors |
| Abstract: | Thermal response time is an important parameter for the control of fast reactors. Modern thermal hydraulic codes allow for the modeling of transient responses and can also be used to understand the dominant factors that affect them. However, simulations can be computationally expensive, particularly for performing parametric analyses of how thermophysical properties affect transient behavior. Here, we present a method for using linear stability analysis to estimate thermal response time and determine the key parameters that affect transient behavior without performing a forward simulation. The approach can also be used to corroborate simulation results and is tested against simulation results produced with a 2D finite difference model. The results show that this approach produces time-dependent temperature profiles that are within 2 × 10−5–0.1% of the numerical results for a single node perturbation. Changes in temperature have the greatest effect on thermal response time, followed by changes to thermal conductivity. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| Abstract: | Thermal response time is an important parameter for the control of fast reactors. Modern thermal hydraulic codes allow for the modeling of transient responses and can also be used to understand the dominant factors that affect them. However, simulations can be computationally expensive, particularly for performing parametric analyses of how thermophysical properties affect transient behavior. Here, we present a method for using linear stability analysis to estimate thermal response time and determine the key parameters that affect transient behavior without performing a forward simulation. The approach can also be used to corroborate simulation results and is tested against simulation results produced with a 2D finite difference model. The results show that this approach produces time-dependent temperature profiles that are within 2 × 10−5–0.1% of the numerical results for a single node perturbation. Changes in temperature have the greatest effect on thermal response time, followed by changes to thermal conductivity. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| ISSN: | 19961073 |
| DOI: | 10.3390/en15197027 |
