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TITAN code development for application to a PWR steam line break accident : final report 1983-1984

C.K. Tsai, Kazimi, A.F. Henry

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Modification of the TITAN computer code which enables it to be applied to a PWR steam line break accident has been accomplished. The code now has the capability of simulating an asymmetric inlet coolant temperature transient by employing different temperature transient forcing functions for different core inlet regions. Up to ten regions of the core can be considered and each region can have at most 50 channels. A total inlet coolant mass flow rate boundary condition option has been added to the code. Flow/coolant temperature transient and control rod transient can be simulated simultaneously by the code as necessary for a steam line break accident simulation. Also, the transient restart capability has been fixed which allows users to change core conditions during a transient calculation for various purposes. All these modifications have been tested by a ten-channel test calculation.

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Modification of the TITAN computer code which enables it to be applied to a PWR steam line break accident has been accomplished. The code now has the capability of simulating an asymmetric inlet coolant temperature transient by employing different temperature transient forcing functions for different core inlet regions. Up to ten regions of the core can be considered and each region can have at most 50 channels. A total inlet coolant mass flow rate boundary condition option has been added to the code. Flow/coolant temperature transient and control rod transient can be simulated simultaneously by the code as necessary for a steam line break accident simulation. Also, the transient restart capability has been fixed which allows users to change core conditions during a transient calculation for various purposes. All these modifications have been tested by a ten-channel test calculation.

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Modification of the TITAN computer code which enables it to be applied to a PWR steam line break accident has been accomplished. The code now has the capability of simulating an asymmetric inlet coolant temperature transient by employing different temperature transient forcing functions for different core inlet regions. Up to ten regions of the core can be considered and each region can have at most 50 channels. A total inlet coolant mass flow rate boundary condition option has been added to the code. Flow/coolant temperature transient and control rod transient can be simulated simultaneously by the code as necessary for a steam line break accident simulation. Also, the transient restart capability has been fixed which allows users to change core conditions during a transient calculation for various purposes. All these modifications have been tested by a ten-channel test calculation.

Key concepts: Transient (computer programming), Nuclear engineering, Coolant, Inlet, Mechanics, Engineering, Mechanical engineering, Computer science

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