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Verification and validation of the THYTAN code for the graphite oxidation analysis in the HTGR systems

Shimazaki, Yosuke; Isaka, Kazuyoshi; Nomoto, Yasunobu; Seki, Tomokazu; Ohashi, Hirofumi

JAEA-Technology 2014-038, 51 Pages, 2014/12

JAEA-Technology-2014-038.pdf:3.84MB

The analytical models for the evaluation of graphite oxidation were implemented into the THYTAN code, which employs the mass balance and a node-link computational scheme to evaluate tritium behavior in the High Temperature Gas-cooled Reactor (HTGR) systems for hydrogen production, to analyze the graphite oxidation during the air or water ingress accidents in the HTGR systems. This report describes the analytical models of the THYTAN code in terms of the graphite oxidation analysis and its verification and validation (V&V) results. Mass transfer from the gas mixture in the coolant channel to the graphite surface, diffusion in the graphite, graphite oxidation by air or water, chemical reaction and release from the primary circuit to the containment vessel by a safety valve were modeled to calculate the mass balance in the graphite and the gas mixture in the coolant channel. The computed solutions using the THYTAN code for simple questions were compared to the analytical results by a hand calculation to verify the algorithms for each implemented analytical model. A representation of the graphite oxidation experimental was analyzed using the THYTAN code, and the results were compared to the experimental data and the computed solutions using the GRACE code, which was used for the safety analysis of the High Temperature Engineering Test Reactor (HTTR), in regard to corrosion depth of graphite and oxygen concentration at the outlet of the test section to validate the analytical models of the THYTAN code. The comparison of THYTAN code results with the analytical solutions, experimental data and the GRACE code results showed the good agreement.

Journal Articles

Experimental and modeling study on long-term alteration of compacted bentonite with alkaline groundwater

Yamaguchi, Tetsuji; Sakamoto, Yoshifumi; Akai, Masanobu; Takazawa, Mayumi; Iida, Yoshihisa; Tanaka, Tadao; Nakayama, Shinichi

Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, 32(1-7), p.298 - 310, 2007/00

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pce.2005.10.003

Times Cited Count：44 Percentile：72.78(Geosciences, Multidisciplinary)

Dissolution rate of montmorillonite, diffusivity of hydroxide ion and permeability coefficient in compacted sand-bentonite mixtures were experimentally determined and formulated. A coupled mass-transport/chemical-reaction code was developed to predict variation in permeability of engineered bentonite barrier with alkaline fluid by using the formulae.

Journal Articles

Assessment of calculation model for annular core on the HTTR

Nojiri, Naoki; Handa, Yuichi*; Shimakawa, Satoshi; Goto, Minoru; Kaneko, Yoshihiko*

Nihon Genshiryoku Gakkai Wabun Rombunshi, 5(3), p.241 - 250, 2006/09

https://doi.org/10.3327/taesj2002.5.241

It was shown from the annular core experiment of the HTTR that the discrepancy of excess reactivity between experiment and analysis reached about 3 % Dk/k at maximum. Sensitivity analysis for the annular core of the HTTR was performed to improve the discrepancy. The SRAC code system was used for the core analysis. As the results of the analysis, it was found clearly that the multiplication factor of the annular core is affected by (1) mesh interval in the core diffusion calculation, (2) mesh structure of graphite region in fuel lattice cell and (3) the Benoist's anisotropic diffusion coefficients. The significantly large discrepancy previously reported was reduced down to about 1 % Dk/k by the revised annular core model.

JAEA Reports

Fast reactor nuclear physics parameters calculation code system "EXPARAM"

Iijima, Susumu*; Kato, Yuichi*; Takasaki, Kenichi*; Okajima, Shigeaki

JAERI-Data/Code 2004-016, 91 Pages, 2004/12

JAERI-Data-Code-2004-016.pdf:7.45MB

The calculation code system "EXPARAM" was designed to analyze the experimental results systematically measured at the fast critical assembly (FCA). Some calculation codes developed independently in JAERI and in US research institutes were collected and arranged as the fast reactor physics calculation code system. The multi-group core calculation code and the perturbation calculation code based on the diffusion theory and the transport theory calculate the reactor physics parameters such as eigenvalue, reaction rate, Doppler reactivity worth and sodium void worth. The dynamic physics parameters such as prompt neutron lifetime and effective delayed neutron fraction are also calculated. Input and Output data of calculation codes are transferred to each other using a direct access file on UNIX computer system.

JAEA Reports

Analysis of the applicability of acceleration methods for a triangular prism geometry nodal diffusion code

Fujimura, Toichiro*; Okumura, Keisuke

JAERI-Research 2002-024, 27 Pages, 2002/11

JAERI-Research-2002-024.pdf:1.04MB

A prototype version of a diffusion code has been developed to analyze the hexagonal core as reduced moderation reactor and the applicability of some acceleration methods have been investigated to accelerate the convergence of the iterative solution method. The hexagonal core is divided into regular triangular prisms in the three-dimensional code MOSRA-Prism and a polynomial expansion nodal method is applied to approximate the neutron flux distribution by a cubic polynomial. The multi-group diffusion equation is solved iteratively with ordinal inner and outer iterations and the effectiveness of acceleration methods is ascertained by applying an adaptive acceleration method and a neutron source extrapolation method, respectively. The formulation of the polynomial expansion nodal method is outlined in the report and the local and global effectiveness of the acceleration methods is discussed with various sample calculations. A new general expression of vacuum boundary condition, derived in the formulation is also described.

JAEA Reports