Serpent Neutronic Calculations of Nuclear Thermal Propulsion Reactors
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1 Serpent Neutronic Calculations of Nuclear Thermal Propulsion Reactors Paolo Venneri 1,2, Yonghee Kim 1 Reactor Core Design and Transmutation, KAIST 1 Advanced Systems, Ultra Safe Nuclear Corp 2. Presented at: 6 th International Serpent User Group Meeting Milano, Italy September 26 29, 2016
2 Nuclear Propulsion Overview Role of Serpent in NTP Research Examples of Analysis Future Implementations Conclusion Overview Paolo Venneri - Milano, Italy - 6th Serpent User Group Meeting
3 Purpose Introduce the application of Serpent to a reactor with advanced characteristics and novel operating conditions. Paolo Venneri - Milano, Italy - 6th Serpent User Group Meeting
4 NUCLEAR THERMAL PROPULSION Paolo Venneri - Milano, Italy - 6th Serpent User Group Meeting
5 Nuclear Thermal Propulsion Overview Simple concept Extremely high temperature gas cooled reactor with a single pass open loop cooling cycle Propellant heat is provided by nuclear reactor to provide thrust Characteristic Operating Regime Hydrogen Coolant Coolant outlettemperature > 2700K Coolant mass flow rate around 14 kg/s Full power operation limited to 4 full power burns, each less than 30 min long Critical for Human Exploration of the Solar System Minimize transittime Maximize efficiency of propellant usage Paolo Venneri - Milano, Italy - 6th Serpent User Group Meeting
6 Motivation: Low Enriched Uranium Fuel is the Key to NTR Future HEU-NTR LEU-NTR Greatly lower costs of research and development - Enable non nuclear weapon states to engage in serious R&D - First concrete step towards eventual commercialization - Enhances proliferation resistance Paolo Venneri - Milano, Italy - 6th Serpent User Group Meeting
7 REFERENCE CORES: TUNGSTEN CERMET AND GRAPHITE COMPOSITE Paolo Venneri - Milano, Italy - 6th Serpent User Group Meeting
8 Space Capable Cryogenic Thermal Engine (Baseball Card as of 9/8/14, Rev ) Moderator Fuel Element General Description SCCTE is a LEU W-UO 2 cermet fuel, ZrH 1.8 moderated nuclear thermal propulsion concept. SCCTE was produced with the Center for Space Nuclear Research s Space Propulsion Optimization Code (SPOC) cm Key Performance Parameters Nominal Isp (150:1 Nozzle) 894 Nominal Thrust (kn) (~35k lbsf) Reactor Power (MW) Fuel Temperature Max (K) cm Reflector Control Drum 3.10 cm Fuel Details Fuel composition W-UO 2 -ThO 2 Volume loading of Oxide (% vol.) 60.0 ThO 2 in the Oxide (%mol. ) 6.0 Enrichment of 184 W (% atom) 98.0 Enrichment of 235 U (% atom) to Total Enriched W (kg) Total 235 U (kg) 45.9 Percent Theoretical Density (% TD) 97.0 Radial Enrichment Zones (gray is moderator) Core Power Deposition (Radial peaking factor of 1.089) Channel by channel power deposition in a fuel element 8
9 SULEU Baseball Card (Baseball Card as of 9/8/15, Rev 0.0.2) cm 1.18 cm 1.91 cm Fuel PPF ZrH1.8 General Description SULEU is a LEU Graphite Composite Fuel, ZrH 1.8 moderated nuclear thermal propulsion concept relying largely on heritage design. Key Performance Parameters Nominal Isp (150:1 Nozzle) Chamber Temperature (K) Nominal Thrust (kn) (35k lbf) Reactor Power(MW) Fuel Temperature Max (K) Interface Point Engine System Interface Information Flow Rate (kg/s) Pressure (MPa) Temp. (K) Core inlet Core outlet Fuel Details Carbide Fraction (% vol) 35 Uranium Loading (g/cm3) 0.64 Enrichment of 235 U (% atom) Total 235 U (kg) 18.1 Fuel Coating ZrC Ø cm ZrC 60% TD 9
10 ROLE OF SERPENT IN NTP RESEARCH Paolo Venneri - Milano, Italy - 6th Serpent User Group Meeting
11 Lack of key tools Latticecode for NTPanalysis Fixedcore design Well documented criticality experiments Recent operatingexperience Why Serpent? Limits Neutronic Analysisto MonteCarlo Codes MCNP Family Serpent Serpent Offers Key Advantages Rapid Burnup Calculations Easily Accessible Outputs Kinetic Parameters Homogenized Cross-Sections Reaction Rates Easy to Work With Modify key parameters Material definitions Output in MatLab/Python readable format Promises: Gamma transport Easy integration of tallies to mesh format Neutronic/Thermal coupling Paolo Venneri - Milano, Italy - 6th Serpent User Group Meeting
12 Serpent Integration Paolo Venneri - Milano, Italy - 6th Serpent User Group Meeting
13 These are then Used to Generate Massive Studies Paolo Venneri - Milano, Italy - 6th Serpent User Group Meeting
14 SSS Implementation The Space Nuclear Industry Standard: MCNP Serpent is a New Code for Space Nuclear We are the only ones who have used it Some are skeptical that it works as promised Massive time-savings for depletion calculations Requires Comparison with MCNPat Every Step Infinite Lattice Depletion Finite Core Current Application: Depletion Component and Parameter Studies Paolo Venneri - Milano, Italy - 6th Serpent User Group Meeting
15 MANDATORY MCNP COMPARISON Paolo Venneri - Milano, Italy - 6th Serpent User Group Meeting
16 Infinite Lattice Comparison SSS2 Std. Dev MCNP6 1.0 Std. Dev Δ (pcm) SULEU SCCTE Flux Normalized to Lethargy SCCTE Core Average Neutron Spectrum E E E E E E E E E E E E-041.E-09 1.E-07 1.E-05 1.E-03 1.E-01 1.E+01 Energy(MeV) SCCTE Infinite - MCNP SCCTE Inifinite - SSS Flux Normalized to Lethargy SULEU Core Average Neutron Spectrum E E-07 1.E-05 1.E-03 1.E-01 1.E+01 Energy(MeV) SULEU Infinite - MCNP SULEU Infinite - SSS Paolo Venneri - Milano, Italy - 6th Serpent User Group Meeting
17 Self-Shielding Effects in Burnup Channel by Channel (CBC) Whole Paolo Venneri - Milano, Italy - 6th Serpent User Group Meeting
18 This is Why Paolo Venneri - Milano, Italy - 6th Serpent User Group Meeting
19 SULEU MCNP vs Serpent Δ Paolo Venneri - Milano, Italy - 6th Serpent User Group Meeting
20 SCCTE MCNP vs Serpent Δ Paolo Venneri - Milano, Italy - 6th Serpent User Group Meeting
21 Finite Core Case: ENDF VII.1 cross sections, ENDF-VII sab, 0 k cross-section, H at 300 K SCCTE (CERMET) core temp (K) MCNP6 std. dev. SSS2 std. dev. rho diff (pcm) op temp SULEU (Graphite Composite) core temp (K) MCNP6 std. dev. SSS2 std. dev. rho diff (pcm) op temp Paolo Venneri - Milano, Italy - 6th Serpent User Group Meeting
22 EXAMPLE IMPLEMENTATIONS Paolo Venneri - Milano, Italy - 6th Serpent User Group Meeting
23 Axial Reflectors Submersion Worth ($) Bottom Reflector Thickness (cm) Paolo Venneri - Milano, Italy - 6th Serpent User Group Meeting
24 Alternative Control Drums Paolo Venneri - Milano, Italy - 6th Serpent User Group Meeting
25 Finite Core Depletions Paolo Venneri - Milano, Italy - 6th Serpent User Group Meeting
26 Which Finally Result In Paolo Venneri - Milano, Italy - 6th Serpent User Group Meeting
27 Dear Serpent Developer Team FUTURE SERPENT IMPLEMENTATIONS Paolo Venneri - Milano, Italy - 6th Serpent User Group Meeting
28 Fully Implement TMP and Temp Dep. S(a,b) Case: ENDF VII.1 cross sections, ENDF-VII sab, 0 k cross-section, H at 300 K SCCTE (CERMET) core temp (K) No TMP std. err. Fuel TMP std. err. rho diff (pcm) op temp SULEU (Graphite Composite) core temp (K) No TMP std. err. Fuel TMP std. err. rho diff (pcm) op temp Paolo Venneri - Milano, Italy - 6th Serpent User Group Meeting
29 Neutronic/Thermal Coupled Simulations Current Couplings: Steady State MCNP coupled to Channel Analysis or ANSYS Our Objective: Remove the need for MCNP Transient and Steady State Serpent Enabled Directly providing energy deposition Cross-section and group constant generation Coupling with a System Analysis Environment MOOSE Framework? MAMMOTH BISON RELAP etc. What We Need in Serpent Gamma and Radiative HeatTransport Paolo Venneri - Milano, Italy - 6th Serpent User Group Meeting
30 Conclusion Nuclear Thermal Propulsion is Real Very good chance that we (NASA lead) will build a system in the next 5-10 years Serpenthas beenan Enabling Code Speed ofcalculation Ease ofuse Developing Team Support Active User Community Only partial Implementation has been realized Used for k-eff parametric studies and component development Depletion calculation Energy tallies are waiting on gamma and heat transport functionality Advanced features have been avoided in order to ensure MCNP equivalency Paolo Venneri - Milano, Italy - 6th Serpent User Group Meeting
31 Credit Where It s Due Paolo Venneri - Milano, Italy - 6th Serpent User Group Meeting
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33 QUESTIONS? Questions? Paolo Venneri - Milano, Italy - 6th Serpent User Group Meeting
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