Research Article
Deterministic Analysis of Natural Circulation Events at the Ignalina NPP
Table 2
Parameters which may impact the uncertainty of calculation results in
sequential MCPs trip case.
| No. | Parameter | | | Value of the | | | Explanation | Width of parameter distribution | parameter in | Mean deviation | Probability | Min. | Max. | the basic case | and error | distribution | | | calculation | | |
| Initial conditions |
| Par. 1 | Pressure in | 6.517·106 | 7.203·106 | 6.86·106 | 1.715·105[5%] | Normal | Measurement | DS, Pa | error |
| Par. 2 | Coolant flow rate | 7154 | 7446 | 7300 | 73 [2%] | Normal | Measurement | through single | error | MCP, m3/h | |
| Par. 3 | Feed water | 458.52 | 467.78 | 463.15 | 2.32 [1%] | Normal | Measurement | temperature, | error |
| Par. 4 | Steam flow rate to | 81.34 | 84.66 | 83 | 0.83 [2%] | Normal | Measurement | the in-house | error | needs header, kg/s | |
| Par. 5 | Reactor thermal | 2.247·109 | 2.387·109 | 2.317·109 | 3.48·107[3%] | Normal | Measurement | power, W | error |
| Modelling parameters in
the core |
| Par. 6 | Water packing | 0 (on) | 1 (off) | 1 (off) | — | Nonparametric | Model | assumption |
| Par. 7 | Stratification | 0 (on) | 1 (off) | 0 (on) | — | Nonparametric | Model | assumption |
| Par. 8 | PV term | 0 (off) | 1 | 0 (off) | — | Nonparametric | Model | assumption |
| Par. 9 | CCFL | 0 (off) | 1 (on) | 0 (off) | — | Nonparametric | Model | assumption |
| Par.10 | Thermal front | 0 (off) | 1 (on) | 0 (off) | — | Nonparametric | Model | tracking | assumption |
| Par.11 | Mixture level | 0 (off) | 1 (on) | 1 (on) | — | Nonparametric | Model | tracking | assumption |
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