Application of TITAN for Simulation of Particle Streaming in a Duct

Katherine Royston, Alireza Haghighat, Ce Yi

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Abstract

The TITAN hybrid deterministic transport code is applied to the simulation of particle streaming in a nuclear power plant duct. A simple model is used consisting of a concrete duct emerging from the pressure vessel with an isotropic surface source with a U-235 fission spectrum located at the pressure vessel end. Multiple methods of simulating the duct using the TITAN code are considered to demonstrate the flexibility of the code and the advantages of TITAN's algorithms. These methods include a discrete ordinates (SN) calculation, a characteristics method calculation, and the use of a fictitious quadrature set with simplified ray-tracing. The TITAN code's results are compared with MCNP5 solutions. While all TITAN solutions are obtained in a shorter computation time than the MCNP5 solution, the TITAN solution with the fictitious quadrature set shows the largest speedup.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationISRD 2014 - International Symposium on Reactor Dosimetry
EditorsAbdallah Lyoussi
PublisherEDP Sciences
ISBN (Electronic)9782759819294
DOIs
StatePublished - Feb 3 2016
Externally publishedYes
Event15th International Symposium on Reactor Dosimetry, ISRD 2014 - Aix en Provence, France
Duration: May 18 2014May 23 2014

Publication series

NameEPJ Web of Conferences
Volume106
ISSN (Print)2101-6275
ISSN (Electronic)2100-014X

Conference

Conference15th International Symposium on Reactor Dosimetry, ISRD 2014
Country/TerritoryFrance
CityAix en Provence
Period05/18/1405/23/14

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