Print Email Facebook Twitter Analysis of the Molten Salt Fast Reactor using reduced-order models Title Analysis of the Molten Salt Fast Reactor using reduced-order models Author Alsayyari, F.S. (TU Delft RST/Reactor Physics and Nuclear Materials) Tiberga, M. (TU Delft RST/Reactor Physics and Nuclear Materials) Perko, Z. (TU Delft RST/Reactor Physics and Nuclear Materials) Kloosterman, J.L. (TU Delft RST/Radiation, Science and Technology) Lathouwers, D. (TU Delft RST/Reactor Physics and Nuclear Materials) Department RST/Radiation, Science and Technology Date 2021 Abstract In this paper, we present a reduced-order modeling approach to study the Molten Salt Fast Reactor (MSFR). Our approach is nonintrusive and based on the proper orthogonal decomposition method. We include adaptivity in selecting the sampling points both in time and parameter space. Steady-state and transient analysis were both performed using the developed models. In the steady-state analysis, we capture the effect of 30 model parameters on the spatial distributions of fission power and temperature, and on the multiplication factor. The dimensionality of the fission power was reduced from the 104288 nominal dimensions in the physical space to 10 dimensions in the reduced space, whereas the temperature was reduced from 220972 dimensions to 3. The reduced model was then used for uncertainty and sensitivity study of the maximum temperature in the reactor and the multiplication factor. In the transient analysis, the reduced model captured the effect of perturbations in the flow rate of salt in the intermediate circuit on the fission power density and temperature. The reduced models were successfully tested on a set of points that were not part of the snapshots used during the construction stage. Subject AdaptiveData-drivenMolten Salt Fast ReactorProper orthogonal decompositionTransient analysisUncertainty and sensitivity analysis To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:0125372c-4c82-4561-af22-e80b58a77344 DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pnucene.2021.103909 ISSN 0149-1970 Source Progress in Nuclear Energy, 140 Part of collection Institutional Repository Document type journal article Rights © 2021 F.S. Alsayyari, M. Tiberga, Z. Perko, J.L. Kloosterman, D. Lathouwers Files PDF 1_s2.0_S0149197021002729_main.pdf 4.3 MB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:0125372c-4c82-4561-af22-e80b58a77344/datastream/OBJ/view