An on-line core performance evaluation system ATROPOS has been developed in order to carry out safe and efficient reactor operation of "FUGEN" (a heavy water moderated, boiling light water cooled, pressure tube type reactor). This system offers detailed and useful information on such items of core performance as core thermal power, power distribution and thermal operation limits.
The power distribution is calculated first by using a three-dimensional nodal coupling model, employing such process data as control rod position and
10B concentration in the D
2O moderator. Then the calculated power distribution is corrected by local power monitor readings.
An axial one-dimensional nodal coupling model, which considers radial power distribution, and a localized three-dimensional nodal coupling model are used to predict the core thermal power and the power distribution for the region surrounding the control rods respectively, within a short time in advance of control rod operation.
The methods employed in this system are verified by comparison with start-up test data from the FUGEN initial core. The estimated power distribution and channel flow agree with values measured by the power calibration monitor and with channel flow converted from measured values of pressure drop, within 3 and 5% respectively, in their root mean square values. The difference in core thermal power between the predicted value and the value measured by the total power monitor is about 1% for control rod operation.
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