An effective method for modeling 1D two-phase two-fluid six-equation model with automatic differentiation approach

Y Niu, Y He, B Qiu, F Xiang, C Deng, Y Li… - Progress in Nuclear …, 2022 - Elsevier
The modeling of the two-fluid model with plenty of realistic closure correlations has been a
tough problem because of the difficulty of forming the Jacobian matrix manually. To predict …

Implicitly solving phase appearance and disappearance problems using two-fluid six-equation model

L Zou, H Zhao, H Zhang - Progress in Nuclear Energy, 2016 - Elsevier
Phase appearance and disappearance issue presents serious numerical challenges in two-
phase flow simulations using the two-fluid six-equation model. Numerical challenges arise …

Accuracy and efficient solution of helical coiled once-through steam generator model using JFNK method

Y Wu, B Liu, H Zhang, K Zhu, B Kong, J Guo… - Annals of Nuclear Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract The Helical coiled tube Once-Through Steam Generator (H-OTSG) is key
equipment in the High-Temperature Gas-cooled Reactor (HTGR) system, where the fission …

Physics‐based preconditioning of Jacobian‐free Newton–Krylov solver for Navier–Stokes equations using nodal integral method

N Ahmed, S Singh, N Kumar - International Journal for …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The nodal integral methods (NIMs) have found widespread use in the nuclear industry for
neutron transport problems due to their high accuracy. However, despite considerable …

Automatic differentiation approach for solving one-dimensional flow and heat transfer problems

Y Niu, Y He, F Xiang, J Zhang, Y Wu, W Tian… - Annals of Nuclear …, 2021 - Elsevier
Traditional reactor system analysis tools are confronted with challenging difficulties in model
development, low accuracy, and poor convergence. To solve these problems, the automatic …

Application of Jacobian-free Newton–Krylov method in implicitly solving two-fluid six-equation two-phase flow problems: Implementation, validation and benchmark

L Zou, H Zhao, H Zhang - Nuclear Engineering and Design, 2016 - Elsevier
This work represents a first-of-its-kind successful application to employ advanced numerical
methods in solving realistic two-phase flow problems with two-fluid six-equation two-phase …

Subchannel analysis of annular fuel assembly using the preconditioned Jacobian-free Newton Krylov methods

H Esmaili, H Kazeminejad, H Khalafi… - Annals of Nuclear …, 2020 - Elsevier
In this paper, a numerical procedure for thermal–hydraulic subchannel analysis of the
annular fuel assembly in a PWR using the drift-flux model (DFM) is presented. The system of …

A fully‐implicit numerical algorithm of two‐fluid two‐phase flow model using Jacobian‐free Newton–Krylov method

J Fan, J Gou, J Huang, J Shan - International Journal for …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Jacobian‐Free Newton–Krylov (JFNK) method is a stable and high‐efficiency
method to solve the multi‐physics coupling problem for the modeling and simulation (M&S) …

Fast stencil computations using fast Fourier transforms

Z Ahmad, R Chowdhury, R Das, P Ganapathi… - Proceedings of the 33rd …, 2021 - dl.acm.org
Stencil computations are widely used to simulate the change of state of physical systems
across a multidimensional grid over multiple timesteps. The state-of-the-art techniques in …

Applications of high-resolution spatial discretization scheme and Jacobian-free Newton–Krylov method in two-phase flow problems

L Zou, H Zhao, H Zhang - Annals of Nuclear Energy, 2015 - Elsevier
The majority of the existing reactor system analysis codes were developed using low-order
numerical schemes in both space and time. In many nuclear thermal–hydraulics …