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Advances in Radiation Modeling in ALEGRA: A Final Report for LDRD-67120, Efficient Implicit Multigroup Radiation Calculations.

DE2006876350

Publication Date	2005
Personal Author	Brunner, T. A.; Mehlhorn, T. A.; McClarren, R.; Holloway, J. P.; Kurecka, C. J.
Page Count	114
Abstract	The original LDRD proposal was to use a nonlinear diffusion solver to compute estimates for the material temperature that could then be used in a Implicit Monte Carlo (IMC) calculation. At the end of the first year of the project, it was determined that this was not going to be effective, partially due to the concept, and partially due to the fact that the radiation diffusion package was not as efficient as it could be. The second, and final year, of the project focused on improving the robustness and computational efficiency of the radiation diffusion package in ALEGRA. To this end, several new multigroup diffusion methods have been developed and implemented in ALEGRA. While these methods have been implemented, their effectiveness of reducing overall simulation run time has not been fully tested. Additionally a comprehensive suite of verification problems has been developed for the diffusion package to ensure that it has been implemented correctly. This process took considerable time, but exposed significant bugs in both the previous and new diffusion packages, the linear solve packages, and even the NEVADA Framework's parser. In order to manage this large suite of problem, a new tool called Tampa has been developed. It is a general tool for automating the process of running and analyzing many simulations.
Keywords	Radiation transport Radiations Diffusion Verification Finite element method Accuracy Spherical harmonics Simulation ALEGRA model Riemann solver
Source Agency	Technical Information Center Oak Ridge Tennessee
NTIS Subject Category	77G - Radioactive Wastes & Radioactivity
Corporate Authors	Sandia Corp., Albuquerque, NM.; Department of Energy, Washington, DC.
Supplemental Notes	Sponsored by Department of Energy, Washington, DC.
Document Type	Technical Report
NTIS Issue Number	200623

Advances in Radiation Modeling in ALEGRA: A Final Report for LDRD-67120, Efficient Implicit Multigroup Radiation Calculations.

Advances in Radiation Modeling in ALEGRA: A Final Report for LDRD-67120, Efficient Implicit Multigroup Radiation Calculations.
DE2006876350

Publication Date	2005
Personal Author	Brunner, T. A.; Mehlhorn, T. A.; McClarren, R.; Holloway, J. P.; Kurecka, C. J.
Page Count	114
Abstract	The original LDRD proposal was to use a nonlinear diffusion solver to compute estimates for the material temperature that could then be used in a Implicit Monte Carlo (IMC) calculation. At the end of the first year of the project, it was determined that this was not going to be effective, partially due to the concept, and partially due to the fact that the radiation diffusion package was not as efficient as it could be. The second, and final year, of the project focused on improving the robustness and computational efficiency of the radiation diffusion package in ALEGRA. To this end, several new multigroup diffusion methods have been developed and implemented in ALEGRA. While these methods have been implemented, their effectiveness of reducing overall simulation run time has not been fully tested. Additionally a comprehensive suite of verification problems has been developed for the diffusion package to ensure that it has been implemented correctly. This process took considerable time, but exposed significant bugs in both the previous and new diffusion packages, the linear solve packages, and even the NEVADA Framework's parser. In order to manage this large suite of problem, a new tool called Tampa has been developed. It is a general tool for automating the process of running and analyzing many simulations.
Keywords	Radiation transport Radiations Diffusion Verification Finite element method Accuracy Spherical harmonics Simulation ALEGRA model Riemann solver
Source Agency	Technical Information Center Oak Ridge Tennessee
NTIS Subject Category	77G - Radioactive Wastes & Radioactivity
Corporate Authors	Sandia Corp., Albuquerque, NM.; Department of Energy, Washington, DC.
Supplemental Notes	Sponsored by Department of Energy, Washington, DC.
Document Type	Technical Report
NTIS Issue Number	200623