Development of an on-site plant analyzer (1); Development of a GUI for building plant models for analyzes and retrieval of real-time plant data

JNC TN4400 2000-002, 33 Pages, 2000/06

JNC-TN4400-2000-002.pdf:5.22MB

An on-site plant analyzer can provide analysis support in evaluating plant dynamic characteristics when unplanned events occur in a nuclear power station. The plant analyzer contains a plant-dynamics analysis code, which efficiently and quickly analyzes the plant dynamic characteristics. Elements being developed for the on-site plant analyzer include utilities to build plant models for performing analyses and to retrieve plant operation data. The addition of these elements to the analysis code supports the plant-dynamics analysis works in MONJU, in particular, to assist the analyses of start up tests. The system contains the FBR plant-dynamics analysis code "Super-COPD", which is based on the "COPD" code that was used in the safety licensing of MONJU. One feature of the system is that all operations, e.g., assembling plant models for analysis, are prepared using a GUI (Graphical user Interface). In addition to this feature, the system is able to retrieve directly on- and off-line plant data from MIDAS, the Monju Integrated Data Acquisition System. These plant data are used to supply time-dependent boundary conditions for the plant analysis models. For this report, two case studies were performed. First, the analysis result of a turbine trip test at 40% power operation using the full plant model is described. For the second, performance of the IHX model was evaluated using retrieved plant data for boundary conditions. With the development of this system, improvement in the efficiency of analyses of MONJU start-up tests is expected.

Advanced graphical user interface to the MAAP/Fugen simulator system

Lund

PNC TN3410 98-002, 34 Pages, 1998/01

PNC-TN3410-98-002.pdf:6.11MB

A new and improved Graphical User Interface (GUI) to the Modular Accident Analysis Program for FUGEN (MAAP/FUGEN) has been developed and implemented at Fugen. The new user interface is a superset of the existing GUI to MAAP - the MAAP/FUGEN/GRAAPH - in the meaning that it contains all the features of the GRAAPH, but in addition offers a number of new features. The new interface, named MAAP-PICASSO is based on the Picasso-3 technology developed by Institutt for Energiteknikk/OECD Halden Reactor Project. The main difference between the MAAP-PICASSO and MAAP-FUGEN-GRAAPH GUIs is that the MAAP-PICASSO GUI is completely decoupled from the numerical simulator. This gives a far higher flexibility regarding enhancement of the GUI, connection to other, external software and user friendliness. It also includes techniques for presenting 2 byte character set - i.e. displaying text in Japanese characters. A special software has been developed for automatic extraction and reuse of the graphical plant information provided in MAAP/GRAPH into Picasso language. This software-has been demonstrated not only on the Fugen plant data, but also other Nuclear Power Plant picture definitions provided by Fauske Inc. The new GUI requires a minimal modification of the MAAP code itself However, these modification is only for parameter communication and is not intrusive to the numerical computations of MAAP itself. The GUI has been developed using modular and object-oriented programming techniques, which makes it relatively easy to extend and modify to fulfill present and future requirements from the users at Fugen, and makes it compatible with future versions of the MAAP code. MAAP-PICASSO is developed on and currently running only on HP UNIX workstations. However, a new NT-based version of Picasso-3 will be released from the Halden Project in February 1998. This will further enhance the applicability and usability of the MAAP-PICASSO GUI.

Integration study (V) for performance assessment system of geological disposal

Yanagisawa, Ichiro*; Fusaeda, Shigeki*; Uzawa, Masayuki*; Kasai, Masao*; Ishihara, Yoshinao*; Ikeda, Yasuhiro*; Ezaki, Masahiro*

PNC TJ1214 94-006, 542 Pages, 1994/03

PNC-TJ1214-94-006.pdf:12.82MB

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