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A subchannel coarsening method for Serpent2-SUBCHANFLOW applied to a full-core VVER problem

Year of publication

2020

Authors

García, Manuel; Ferraro, Diego; Valtavirta, Ville; Tuominen, Riku; Imke, Uwe; Mercatali, Luigi; Sanchez-Espinoza, Victor; Leppänen, Jaakko

Abstract

<p>This work presents a methodology to coarsen subchannel models to accelerate large-scale Serpent2-SUBCHANFLOW calculations. The method is based on first building a fully detailed subchannel model and then combining subchannels into larger channels with condensed hydraulic parameters. To quantify the accuracy and performance of this scheme, a full-core VVER-1000 problem is simulated with Serpent2-SUBCHANFLOW using two types of coarsened models, as well as a standard subchannel model as reference.</p>
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Organizations and authors

VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd

Leppänen Jaakko Orcid -palvelun logo

Tuominen Riku

Valtavirta Ville Orcid -palvelun logo

Publication type

Publication format

Article

Parent publication type

Conference

Article type

Other article

Audience

Scientific

Peer-reviewed

Peer-Reviewed

MINEDU's publication type classification code

A4 Article in conference proceedings

Publication channel information

Volume

247

Pages

1049-1056

​Publication forum

76808

​Publication forum level

1

Open access

Open access in the publisher’s service

Yes

Open access of publication channel

Fully open publication channel

License of the publisher’s version

CC BY

Self-archived

No

Other information

Fields of science

Materials engineering

Keywords

[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Identified topic

[object Object]

Language

English

International co-publication

Yes

Co-publication with a company

No

DOI

10.1051/epjconf/202124706018

The publication is included in the Ministry of Education and Culture’s Publication data collection

Yes