Application of Diagonally Implicit Runge Kutta in Point Kinetics

Zhang Zhizhu; Cai Yun; Peng Xingjie; Li Qing; Qin Dong

doi:10.13832/j.jnpe.2016.01.0013

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Zhang Zhizhu, Cai Yun, Peng Xingjie, Li Qing, Qin Dong. Application of Diagonally Implicit Runge Kutta in Point Kinetics[J]. Nuclear Power Engineering, 2016, 37(1): 13-17. doi: 10.13832/j.jnpe.2016.01.0013

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Zhang Zhizhu, Cai Yun, Peng Xingjie, Li Qing, Qin Dong. Application of Diagonally Implicit Runge Kutta in Point Kinetics[J]. Nuclear Power Engineering, 2016, 37(1): 13-17. doi: 10.13832/j.jnpe.2016.01.0013

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Application of Diagonally Implicit Runge Kutta in Point Kinetics

doi: 10.13832/j.jnpe.2016.01.0013

1. Science and Technology on Reactor System Design Technology Laboratory, Nuclear Power Institute of China, Chengdu, 610213, China;
2. Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China

Received Date: 2015-04-29
Rev Recd Date: 2015-10-20

Available Online: 2025-02-15

Abstract

Abstract

The stiffness of point kinetics is very strong, while it usually takes a lot of time to solve by using full implicit Runge Kutta（FIRK）. Diagonally Implicit Runge Kutta（DIRK） is a useful tool like FIRK to solve the stiff differential equations, while it greatly reduces the computation compared with FIRK. By embedded lower order Runge Kutta, the time step-size adaptation technique is implemented, which improves the computation efficiency of DIRK. Through three typical cases with step, ramp and sinusoidal reactivity insertions, it shows that the results obtained by DIRK are in good agreement with other available results and DIRK can give far more accurate results than θ method at the same computation cost, especially in the case of fast ramp reactivity insertion.
- Point kinetics,
- Diagonally implicit runge kutta,
- Time step-size adaptation