diff --git a/acknowledgements.tex~ b/acknowledgements.tex~ new file mode 100644 index 0000000..615c596 --- /dev/null +++ b/acknowledgements.tex~ @@ -0,0 +1,33 @@ +\begin{frame} + \frametitle{Conclusions} + \begin{block}{SaltProc} + \begin{itemize} + \item New tool \textbf{SaltProc} was developed to simulate fuel depletion in the \gls{MSR} core with taking into account online reprocessing. + \item \textbf{SaltProc} was tested for \gls{MSBR} conceptial design, equilibrium fuel salt composition was found and verified against recent \gls{ORNL} studies. + \item Average $^{232}$Th refill rate throughout 20 years of operation is approximately 2.39 kg/day or 100 g/GWh$_e$. + \end{itemize} + \end{block} + \begin{block}{Moltres} + \begin{itemize} + \item New tool \textbf{Moltres} was developed for modeling coupled physics in fluid-fuelled, molten salt reactors. + \item 2D-axisymmetric and 3D multiphysics models are presented. + \item \textbf{Moltres} demonstrated strong parallel scaling (up to 384 physical cores) on a typical model problem but further optimization required. + \item Over 55,000 node-hours were consumed on \textbf{Blue Waters} to perform this research. + \end{itemize} + \end{block} + +\end{frame} + +\begin{frame} + \frametitle{Future research} + + \begin{block}{Future research effort} + \begin{enumerate} + \item Equilibrium state search for Transatomic \gls{MSR} (\textgreater 30,000 node-hours). + \item Fuel cycle performance analysis for load-following regime \\ (\textgreater 40,000 node-hours). + \item \gls{LWR} fuel transmutation in \gls{MSR} viability (\textgreater 30,000 node-hours). + \vspace*{0.15in} + \item Start exploring transients in Moltres, e.g. explore responses to reactivity insertion or gaseuos poisons removal (\textgreater 70,000 node-hours). + \end{enumerate} + \end{block} +\end{frame} diff --git a/acks.tex b/acks.tex index ef85ea4..8990579 100644 --- a/acks.tex +++ b/acks.tex @@ -1,6 +1,19 @@ \begin{frame} \frametitle{Acknowledgement} - Acknowledgements should include both people who helped and funding - streams. If you are funded by an NEUP grant, that number usually goes - here. . + \begin{itemize} + \item This research is part of the Blue Waters sustained-petascale computing project, +which is supported by the National Science Foundation (awards OCI-0725070 and +ACI-1238993) and the state of Illinois. + \item Andrei Rykhlevskii is supported by the Department of Nuclear, Plasma, and Radiological Engineering. + \item Kathryn Huff is additionally supported by the NRC Faculty Development Program, the NNSA (awards + DE-NA0002576 and DE-NA0002534), and the International Institute for Carbon Neutral Energy Research (WPI-I2CNER). + \item The authors would like to thank members of Advanced Reactors and Fuel Cycles +research group (ARFC) at the University of Illinois - Urbana Champaign who +provided valuable code reviews and proofreading. + \item Alex Lindsay (Idaho National Laboratory), Gavin Ridley (University of Tennessee-Knoxville). + \end{itemize} + \begin{figure}[t] + \hspace*{-0.4in} + \includegraphics[height=0.35\textheight]{./images/acks.png} + \end{figure} \end{frame} diff --git a/acros.tex b/acros.tex index dc6b8d6..741729f 100644 --- a/acros.tex +++ b/acros.tex @@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ \newacronym{NGNP}{NGNP}{Next Generation Nuclear Plant} \newacronym{NMWPC}{NMWPC}{Nuclear MW Per Capita} \newacronym{NNSA}{NNSA}{National Nuclear Security Administration} +\newacronym{NPP}{NPP}{Nuclear Power Plant} \newacronym{NPRE}{NPRE}{Department of Nuclear, Plasma, and Radiological Engineering} \newacronym{NQA1}{NQA-1}{Nuclear Quality Assurance - 1} \newacronym{NRC}{NRC}{Nuclear Regulatory Commission} diff --git a/arfc-pres.tex b/arfc-pres.tex index 48a3eed..d54da2b 100644 --- a/arfc-pres.tex +++ b/arfc-pres.tex @@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ %\institution[short name]{long name} \institute[UIUC]{University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign} +\usepackage{lmodern} + %\usepackage{bbding} \usepackage{tikz} \usepackage{amsfonts} @@ -97,13 +99,14 @@ \section{Introduction} \input{introduction} - \section{Methodology} \input{method} \section{Results} \input{results} \section{Conclusions} \input{conclusion} +\section{Acknowledgements} +\input{acks} %%--------------------------------%% %%--------------------------------%% \begin{frame}[allowframebreaks] diff --git a/conclusion.tex b/conclusion.tex index 1df759a..4e467dc 100644 --- a/conclusion.tex +++ b/conclusion.tex @@ -1,15 +1,18 @@ \begin{frame} \frametitle{Conclusions} - \begin{block}{This study outcomes} + \begin{block}{SaltProc} \begin{itemize} - \item New tool SaltProc was developed to simulate fuel depletion in the \gls{MSR} core with taking into account online reprocessing. - \item SaltProc was tested for \gls{MSBR} conceptial design, equilibrium fuel salt composition was found and verified against recent \gls{ORNL} studies. + \item New tool \textbf{SaltProc} was developed to simulate fuel depletion in the \gls{MSR}. + \item \textbf{SaltProc} was tested for \gls{MSBR} conceptial design, equilibrium fuel salt composition was found and verified against recent studies. \item Average $^{232}$Th refill rate throughout 20 years of operation is approximately 2.39 kg/day or 100 g/GWh$_e$. - \vspace*{0.15in} - \item New tool Moltres was developed for modeling coupled physics in fluid-fuelled, molten salt reactors. - \item The 2D-axisymmetric and 3D multiphysics models are presented. - \item Moltres demonstrated strong parallel scaling (up to 384 physical cores) on a typical model problem but further optimization required. - \item Over 55'000 node-hours were consumed on Blue Waters to perform this research. + \end{itemize} + \end{block} + \begin{block}{Moltres} + \begin{itemize} + \item New tool \textbf{Moltres} was developed for modeling coupled physics in novel molten salt reactors. + \item 2D-axisymmetric and 3D multiphysics models are presented. + \item \textbf{Moltres} demonstrated strong parallel scaling (up to 384 physical cores) but further optimization required. + \item Over 55,000 node-hours were consumed on \textbf{Blue Waters} to perform this research. \end{itemize} \end{block} @@ -20,11 +23,11 @@ \begin{block}{Future research effort} \begin{enumerate} - \item Equilibrium state search for Transatomic \gls{MSR} (\textgreater 30'000 node-hours). - \item Fuel cycle performance analysis for load-following regime \\ (\textgreater 40'000 node-hours). - \item \gls{LWR} fuel transmutation in \gls{MSR} viability (\textgreater 30'000 node-hours). + \item Equilibrium state search for Transatomic \gls{MSR} (\textgreater 30,000 node-hours). + \item Fuel cycle performance analysis for load-following regime \\ (\textgreater 40,000 node-hours). + \item \gls{LWR} fuel transmutation in \gls{MSR} viability (\textgreater 30,000 node-hours). \vspace*{0.15in} - \item Start exploring transients in Moltres, e.g. explore responses to reactivity insertion or gaseuos poisons removal (\textgreater 70'000 node-hours). + \item Start exploring transients in Moltres, e.g. explore responses to reactivity insertion or gaseuos poisons removal (\textgreater 70,000 node-hours). \end{enumerate} \end{block} \end{frame} diff --git a/images/acks.png b/images/acks.png new file mode 100644 index 0000000..33d3658 Binary files /dev/null and b/images/acks.png differ diff --git a/introduction.tex b/introduction.tex index 69eda4d..b57fe7a 100644 --- a/introduction.tex +++ b/introduction.tex @@ -75,11 +75,11 @@ \subsection{Motivation} \end{enumerate} \begin{figure}[t] - \vspace*{-0.3in} + \vspace*{-0.05in} \hspace*{-0.2in} - \includegraphics[height=0.5\textwidth]{./images/coupled_physics.png} + \includegraphics[height=0.47\textwidth]{./images/coupled_physics.png} \vspace*{-0.05in} - \caption{Multiphysics simulation scheme for \gls{MSR} (Courtesy of Manuele Aufiero,2012).} + \caption{Challenges in simulating \gls{MSR} (Courtesy of Manuele Aufiero,2012).} \end{figure} \end{frame} @@ -88,18 +88,17 @@ \subsection{Motivation} \vspace*{-0.1in} \begin{block}{Goal \#1: Tool for online reprocessing depletion simulation (SaltProc)\cite{rykhlevskii_saltproc}} \begin{enumerate} - \item Create high-fidelity full-core 3-D model of MSBR without any approximations using the continuous-energy SERPENT 2 Monte Carlo physics software \cite{leppanen_serpent_2012}. - \item Develop online reprocessing simulation code, SaltProc, which expands the capability of SERPENT for simulation liquid-fueled \gls{MSR} operation. - \item Analyse \gls{MSBR} neutronics and fuel cycle to find the equilibrium core composition and core depletion. - \item Compare predicted operational and safety parameters of the \gls{MSBR} at both the initial and equilibrium states. + \item Create high-fidelity full-core neutronics model of MSBR. + \item Develop online reprocessing simulation code, SaltProc, which expands the neutronics code capability for simulation liquid-fueled \gls{MSR} operation. + \item Analyse \gls{MSBR} neutronics and fuel cycle performance. \end{enumerate} \end{block} \begin{block}{Goal \#2: Tool for multiphysics simulation of \gls{MSR} (Moltres)\cite{lindsay_introduction_2018}} \begin{enumerate} - \item Demonstrate steady-state coupling of neutron fluxes, precursors, and temperature for thermal \gls{MSR} design. + \item Demonstrate steady-state coupling of neutron fluxes, precursors, and thermal-hydraulics. \item Implement advective movement of delayed neutron precursors. - \item Demonstrate capabilities with 2D axisymmetric and 3D structured/unstructured mesh. + \item Demonstrate capabilities with 2D axisymmetric and 3D mesh. \end{enumerate} \end{block} diff --git a/method.tex b/method.tex index fb62391..ab2586c 100644 --- a/method.tex +++ b/method.tex @@ -63,10 +63,10 @@ \vspace*{-0.1in} % \hspace*{-0.37in} \includegraphics[height=0.45\textwidth]{./images/pa_isolation.png} - \vspace*{-0.07in} + \vspace*{-0.09in} \caption{Protactinium isolation with uranium removal by fluorination \cite{robertson_conceptual_1971}.} \end{figure} - \vspace*{-0.17in} + \vspace*{-0.22in} \begin{block}{Online reprocessing approach} \begin{itemize} \item Continuously removes all poisons, noble metals, and gases. diff --git a/results.tex b/results.tex index eb623ad..ccaff56 100644 --- a/results.tex +++ b/results.tex @@ -57,23 +57,22 @@ \column[t]{4.5cm} \begin{itemize} - \item Fluctuation with various interval and amplitude due to batch-wise removal of strong absorbers - \item Feed rate increases during the first 500 days of operation and than steadily reduces due to spectrum hardening and accumulation of absorbers in the core - \item Average $^{232}$Th refill rate throughout 20 years of operation is approximately 2.39 kg/day or 100 g/GWh$_e$ + \item Fluctuation due to batch-wise removal of strong absorbers + \item Feed rate varies due to neutron energy spectrum evolution + \item $^{232}$Th consumption is 100 g/GWh$_e$ \end{itemize} \end{columns} \end{frame} \begin{frame} \frametitle{Multiphysics simulation results (2D)} - \begin{figure}[t] + \begin{figure} \vspace{-0.05in} \hspace*{-0.15in} \includegraphics[height=0.85\textheight]{./images/moltres_flux.png} \vspace{-0.1in} - \caption{Fast ($\phi_1$ and thermal $\phi_2$ neutron flux obtained using Moltres.} + \caption{Fast ($\phi_1$) and thermal ($\phi_2$) neutron flux obtained using Moltres \cite{lindsay_introduction_2018}.} \end{figure} - \end{frame} \begin{frame} @@ -81,9 +80,9 @@ \begin{figure}[t] \vspace{-0.05in} \hspace*{-0.15in} - \includegraphics[height=0.9\textheight]{./images/moltres_temp.png} + \includegraphics[height=0.85\textheight]{./images/moltres_temp.png} \vspace{-0.1in} - \caption{Temperature in channel obtained using Moltres.} + \caption{Temperature in channel obtained using Moltres \cite{lindsay_introduction_2018}.} \end{figure} \end{frame} @@ -94,8 +93,7 @@ \vspace{-0.1in} \hspace*{-0.45in} \includegraphics[height=0.75\textheight]{./images/moltres_3D.png} - - \caption{Cuboidal \gls{MSR} steady-state temperature and fast neutron flux.} + \caption{Cuboidal \gls{MSR} steady-state temperature and fast neutron flux \cite{ridley_moltres_2017}.} \end{figure} \end{frame}