Flux expansion nodal method for solving multigroup neutron diffusion equations in hexagonal-z geometry |
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Authors: | Bangyang Xia Zhongsheng Xie |
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Affiliation: | Department of Nuclear Engineering, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, Shaanxi 710049, PR China |
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Abstract: | A flux expansion nodal method (FENM) has been developed to solve multigroup neutron diffusion equations in hexagonal-z geometry. In this method, the intranodal fluxes are expanded into a set of analytic basis functions for each group. In order to improve the nodal coupling relations, a new type of nodal boundary conditions is proposed, which requires the continuity of both the zero- and first-order moments of partial currents across the nodal surfaces. The response matrix technique is used for the iterative solution of the nodal diffusion equations, which greatly improves the computational efficiency. The numerical results for a series of benchmark problems show that FENM is a very accurate and efficient method for the prediction of criticality and nodal power distributions in the reactors with hexagonal assemblies. |
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