14th International Conference on Hyperbolic Problems:Theory, Numerics, Applications, June 25–29, 2012, Padova, Italy Time and space discrete scheme to suppress numerical solution oscillations for the neutron transport equations Zhenying Hong 2012.06.28 Cooperated with Pro. Guangwei Yuan and Pro. Xuedong Fu 1 Outline 1 Introduction 2 Time discrete scheme 2.1 Typical time discrete scheme 2.2 Second-order time evolution scheme 2 3 Space linear discontinuous finite element method 4 Numerical results 5 Conclusions 1 Introduction With the development of nuclear energy, the new fission-type reactor has complex structure: strong non-uniform medium strong anisotropic Furthermore, the nuclear device has more complicated characteristic, for example: Width energy region Complicated dynamic state The time-dependent transport equation is studied to comprehend the time behavior for neutron, photon, charged particle. 3 neutron transport equation The time-dependent neutron transport equation may be written as follows in multigroup form: Space variable:x,y,z Angular variable:μ,η Energy variable :E time variable :t There are seven variables to demonstrate the angular flux. 4 Ψg is the angular flux of g- th group neutron; v g is the velocity of g-th group neutron; ΣTrg is the total macroscopic cross section of g-th group neutron; Qg is the sum of scattering source(Qsg), fission source(Qfg )and external source(Sg). 5 The determine methods for transport equation are: SN (simple) Solve neutrality particle transport equations 6 PN (complex) Nuclear pile Medicine region astrophysics We consider the spherical neutron transport equations which the coordinate is as follows: e2 ( ex ) x (e y ) y r o ( ez ) z er e1 Spherical system 7 If each space directions are the same of the spherical device, the equation can be changed to one-dimensional spherical transport equation. time variable (1) Space variable(1) Energy variable(1) angular variable(1) 8 We give the following definition for describe the physical progress. J 0 g (rJ , , t )d w This physical quantity J gives the information about outflux at outermost boundary,which denotes the outflux current of system particle. N 4 dE r 2 dr E V (r , E , t ) v This physical quantity N gives the information about flux at center cell, which denotes the total number of system neutron. center dN Ndt center d center dt edge dJ Jdt Denotes the derivative of outflux current and total number of system neutron respectively. 9 The goals of discrete method and iterative method are: • numerical precision • computing time 10 For some physical problems, the differential quantity of flux about time variable is very important. theoretical solution or Analytic solution center edge dN Ndt dJ Jdt Numerical solution sketch map The numerical solution can not give the exact maximum point. Therefore, we will focus on preserving physical nature based on keeping some numerical precision. In the following sections, we will talk about numerical schemes which can suppress numerical oscillation. 11 2 Time discrete scheme Adaptive time step Change from 10-3 to 10-5 some magnitude difference Therefore we need to study more accurate numerical method to simulate complex transport equations. 12 2.1 Typical time discrete scheme We focus on conservative equation for 1-D spherical geometry transport equations in the multi-group form: With the following initial and boundary conditions: 13 To spherical transport equation, the finite volume method(FVM) is the typical method which involves the extrapolation of angular, time, space variables. These extrapolation can adopt the same form and also adopt different form for physical problems. The classical extrapolations are: (1) exponential method(EM); (2) diamond difference(DD). 14 The time step can be large at stage for physical progress The time step can be small at strenuous stage for physical progress. 15 The modied exponential method(MEM) is The modied diamond difference(MDD) is 16 2.2 Second-order time evolution scheme To consider the time step change in the whole physical progress adequately, we apply the second-order time evolution(SOTE) scheme to time-dependent spherical neutron transport equation by discrete ordinates(Sn) method. The SOTE considers the case of adaptive time step for the whole physical progress and needs not to introduce exponential extrapolation or diamond extrapolation. 17 We deduce the discrete scheme for neutron transport equation by SOTE. The SOTE take three-level backward difference and the equation is as followed: 18 SOTE_EM: -1<μm<0: 19 SOTE_DD: -1<μm<0 20 We get the SOTE_EM and SOTE_DD by combining SOTE for time variable with EM or DD for other variables. The discrete equation for SOTE_EM is a nonlinear equation; The discrete equation for SOTE_DD is a linear equation. 21 3 Space linear discontinuous finite element method Space LD+time DD+angular DD 22 The primary function is rk 1 r rk r rk 1 r f k (r ) k 0 else r rk rk r rk 1 r f k 1 (r ) k 0 else Weight function is: w1 (r ) 1 r rk w2 (r ) rk 1 r 23 m 0 m 0 The cells are as followed: m m k ,m kb, m rk 24 k 1,m a: m 0 rk+1 kb1,m k ,m rk k 1,m b: m 0 rk+1 The discrete equations are: 1 n1 2Vkn1 2 V 2 n 12 n1 n 12 n1 tr n1 n1 tr n 1 n 1 k 1 [ z15 gVk ]k ,m [ gVk 1 ]k 1,m (k ,m Vk k 1,mVk 1 ) z15k(b),1,nm1 Qkn1Vkn1 Qkn11Vkn11 vg t vg t vg t [ 2 z8 2z 2 n 1 n 1 z16 z8trg ]kn,m1 [ 1 z16 z1trg ]kn1,1 m ( z8k ,m2 z1k 1,2 m ) z8Qkn1 z1Qkn11 vg t vg t vg t 25 m 0 n 1 n 1 r ( A A ) m 1 n 1 k k 1 k 2Vkn 1 n 1 tr n 1 2 [ m rk Ak g Vk ]k ,m vg t 2m n 1 n 1 r ( A A ) m 1 n 1 k k 1 k 2Vkn11 2 n 1 n 1 tr n 1 2 [ g Vk 1 ] k 1,m ( k ,m2Vkn 1 k 1,2 mVkn11 ) vg t 2m vg t m rk Akn11 k( b),1,nm1 rk ( Akn11 Akn 1 )( m 1 m 1 ) kn11 ,m 1 2 2m 2 2 2 Qkn 1Vkn 1 Qkn11Vkn11 z14 rk m 1 n 1 z14 rk m 1 n 1 2 z8 2 z1 tr tr 2 2 [ z10 m z8 g ]k ,m [ z11m z1 g ] k 1,m vg t m vg t m n 1 r z ( 1 m 1 ) k 1 , m 1 1 1 k 14 2 m n n 2 2 2 2 ( z8 k , m2 z1 k 1,2 m ) z8Qkn 1 z1Qkn11 vg t m 26 m 0 n 1 n 1 r ( A A ) m 1 n 1 2V n 1 k k 1 k 2Vkn 1 tr n 1 2 [ g Vk ]k ,m [ k 1 m rk Akn11 trg Vkn11 vg t 2m vg t rk ( Akn11 Akn 1 ) m 1 2 2m ]kn1,1 m 2 n 1 n 1 (k ,m2Vkn 1 k 1,2 mVkn11 ) m rk Akn 1k(b,m),n 1 vg t rk ( Akn11 Akn 1 )( m 1 m 1 ) kn11 ,m 1 2 2m 2 2 2 Qkn 1Vkn 1 Qkn11Vkn11 z7 rk m 1 n 1 z7 rk m 1 n 1 2 z1 2 z2 tr tr 2 2 [ z3 m z1 g ]k ,m [ z4 m z2 g ] k 1,m vg t m vg t m n 1 r z ( ) 1 1 1 1 k 7 2 m 2 m 2 k 12 , m 12 n n ( z1 k ,m2 z2k 1,2 m ) z1Qkn 1 z2Qkn11 vg t m 27 The progress of soving (tn) 1 2 μ1/2=1 μ1=0.86 3 r μ2=-0.34μ5/2=0 μ34=0.34 4 μ4=0.86 μ 5 (boundary condition) (discrete scheme) (extrapolate form for DD or EM) The key problem is that the progress should be in agreement with movement direction of neutron. 2015/4/8 28 4 Numerical results 4.1 Tests for time discrete scheme The problem includes two media. media 2 media 1 29 The isotropic scattering source is employed; The discrete angular takes S4 ; The end time is 0.1µs; The self adaptive time step is showed in table 1. We adopt the typical EM, DD and the modified time discrete scheme and second-order time evolution scheme. To study the computing effectiveness, we also take constant time step(10-4µs)(EM)to this problem. 30 TABLE 1 Adaptive time step 31 Fig.1. Neutron number for EM,MEM,SOTE_EM 32 Fig.2. for EM,MEM,SOTE_EM Fig.3. Neutron current for EM,MEM,SOTE_EM 33 Fig.4. for EM,MEM,SOTE_EM Fig.5. Iteration for EM, MEM, SOTE_EM Fig.6. Neutron number forDD,MDD,SOTE_DD 34 Fig.7. for DD,MDD,SOTE_Dd Fig.8. Neutron current for DD,MDD,SOTE_DD 35 Fig.9. for DD,MDD,SOTE_DD Fig.10. Iteration for DD, MDD, SOTE_DD 4.2 Test for space discrete scheme The results presented and discussed in this section are organized into three subsections. ① we analyze the time-independent transport equation. ② a kind of particular transport equation with a small perturbation is studied. ③ 1-D spherical geometry multi-group timedependent transport equation is studied, and anisotropic scattering source with P5 spherical harmonic expansion is considered. 36 4.2.1 Time-independent transport problems 37 4.2.2 Transport problems with a small perturbation The radius is 0.5cm, and boundary condition is 38 4.2.3 Spherical geometry multi-group time- dependent transport problem •This test is about spherical geometry multi-group time-dependent problem including two media. •The four-group cross sections are considered and the anisotropic scattering source with P5 is employed. • There is no analytic solution for this problem, therefore the numerical solution of exponential method by fine cell(S16, Δx = 0.1cm, Δ t=5×10-5μs) is used by reference solution. • The solutions of coarse cell(S4, max Δ x = 0.97cm, Δ t=2×10-4 μs) for different scheme are contrasted with that of fine cell. 39 40 41 The cell center flux and cell edge flux for EM, DD exit numerical solution oscillation near different media interface. However, the LD is asymptotic preserving scheme(Larsen and Morel, 1983; Klar,1998, Jin, 1999). The cell center flux and cell edge flux for LD are very smooth and approach to benchmark solution(fine cell). 42 5 Conclusions We study the numerical solution oscillation from the aspect of time discrete and space discrete scheme. According the character of time discrete for adaptive time step, we study: Typical EM,DD; Modifed time discrete scheme; Second-order time evolution method(construct SOTE_EM; SOTE _DD). Advantage(MDD,MEM): The modifed scheme is simple and the iteration number is lower than others. The neutron number are smooth. Weakness(MDD,MEM): There has oscillating for outcurrent at outermost boundary . 43 The second-order time evolution scheme associated exponential method has some good properties. Advantage(SOTE_EM): The differential curves including out-current at outermost boundary are more smooth than that of EM,DD,MEM,MDD. Weakness(SOTE_EM): The iteration number is more than other. 44 According the character of mult-media, we study different space discrete scheme: Typical EM,DD; LD. The LD method yields more accurate results, especially for the flux on edge of cell, and can reduce the oscillation effectively. Therefore the LD method can provide accurate numerical solutions for timedependent neutron transport equations. 45 Future work The shortcoming of SOTE EM and LD is that the iterative number is more than other schemes and we will take acceleration method such as taking effective iterative initial value(Hong,Yuan and Fu,2008) to decrease the iterative number. 46 Thank You! 47