New 3D Diffusion Code Based on The Nodal Polynomial Expansion
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https://doi.org/10.15392/bjrs.v8i3A.1489Keywords:
Diffusion, Nodal, Polynomial, LWR, Coarse Mesh.Abstract
Nodal Expansion Method (NEM) is widely employed in the neutronic design of nuclear reactors core. The main reason is its higher computational performance and efficiency when compared with the conventional fine mesh difference method or finite element method. The NEM diffusion calculation uses coarse spatial meshes and the size can lie in assembly scale. This is the key for the computational efficiency and high accuracy calculations. The NEM consists mainly of basis polynomial function expansion for each nodal direction. The Nodal Expansion Method (NEM), as proposed by Finnemann in 1977, has been used to solve the multigroup neutron diffusion equations in three-dimensional (3D) rectangular geometry. The weighted residual technique has been applied to determine the higher order coupling coefficients. Resulting from the combination of nodal and finite element methods, NEM provides rigorously accurate equations obtained by integrating the neutron balance equation. The two group coarse mesh 3D IAEA benchmark has been simulated by NEM3D-1A using different nodes sizes. The VENTUREDownloads
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