| Publication Type |
pre-print |
| School or College |
College of Engineering |
| Department |
Chemical Engineering |
| Creator |
Ring, Terry Arthur |
| Other Author |
Crawford, Douglas S. |
| Title |
Verification of analytic energy moments for the one-dimensional energy dependent neutron diffusion equation with MCNP5 and Attila-7.1.0 |
| Date |
2012-01-01 |
| Description |
The energy dependent neutron diffusion equation (EDNDE) is converted into a moment equation which is solved analytically for the 1-D problem of a bare sphere of pure 235U. The normalized moments 0-5 generated analytically are compared to normalized energy moments, from Monte Carlo N Particle 5 version 1.40 (MCNP5) and Attila-7.1.0-beta version (Attila). The analytic normalized neutron energy moments, fall between the results from MCNP5 (lower bound) and Attila (upper bound) and are accurate compared to MCNP5 neutron energy moments when error in this Monte Carlo simulation are considered. The error range is from 0% to 14%. The Attila moments are less accurate when compared to MCNP5 than the analytical moments derived in this work. The method of moments is shown to be a fast reliable method, compared to either Monte Carlo methods (MCNP5) or 30 multi-energy group methods (Attila). |
| Type |
Text |
| Publisher |
Elsevier |
| Volume |
50 |
| First Page |
18 |
| Last Page |
32 |
| Dissertation Institution |
University of Utah |
| Language |
eng |
| Bibliographic Citation |
Crawford, D. S., & Ring, T. A. (2012). Verification of analytic energy moments for the one-dimensional energy dependent neutron diffusion equation with MCNP5 and Attila-7.1.0. Annals of Nuclear Energy, 50, 18-32. |
| Rights Management |
(c) Elsevier; Reprinted from Crawford, D. S., & Ring, T. A. (2012). Verification of analytic energy moments for the one-dimensional energy dependent neutron diffusion equation with MCNP5 and Attila-7.1.0. Annals of Nuclear Energy, 50, 18-32. http://dx.doi.org/DOI: 10.1016/j.anucene.2012.06.022. |
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| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6j96r4r |
