An Interactive Code for a Pressurized Water Reactor Incorporating Temperature and Xenon Feedback.

Abstract

An interactive computer model of a highly enriched pressurized water reactor was developed, using the applicable plant parameters from the Shippingport Atomic Power Station. The point reactor kinetics equations for one delayed neutron precursor group were linearized using small perturbation theory. The model included both moderator and Xenon-135 reactivity feedback effects, as well as an automatic reactor protection and average reactor coolant temperature control system. The thermal response of the model plant was simulated for normal operating transients induced either by control rod or turbine load changes. The post shutdown Xenon transient response was also modeled. The interactive program was coded in FORTRAN-IV language, and the simulation program was coded in IBM CSMP-III language. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1980
Accession Number
ADA092304

Entities

People

  • Gregory Garver Heath

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Computers
  • Control Rods
  • Control Systems
  • Energy
  • Equations
  • Heat Capacity
  • Heat Transfer
  • Heat Transfer Coefficients
  • Materials
  • Nuclear Reactors
  • Perturbation Theory
  • Pressurized Water Reactors
  • Reactor Coolants
  • Reactor Kinetics
  • Simulations
  • Transfer Functions
  • United States Naval Academy

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Computer Science.
  • Electrical Engineering
  • Nuclear and Radiation Engineering.