Studying the effects of dynamical parameters on reactor core temperature

Khodabakhsh, R; Behnia, S; Seidi, M

Studying the effects of dynamical parameters on reactor core temperature

Authors

R Khodabakhsh

S Behnia

M Seidi

Abstract

In order to increase productivity, reduce depreciation, and avoid possible accidents in a system such as fuel rods' melting and overpressure, control of temperature changes in the reactor core is an important factor. There are several methods for solving and analysing the stability of point kinetics equations. In most previous analyses, the effects of various factors on the temperature of the reactor core have been ignored. In this work, the effects of various dynamical parameters on the temperature of the reactor core and stability of the system in the presence of temperature feedback reactivity with external reactivity step, ramp and sinusoidal for six groups of delayed neutrons were studied using the method of Lyapunov exponent. The results proved to be in good agreement with other works

Keywords

Lyapunov exponent

temperature feedback

neutron point kinetics

delayed neutrons

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