Research Article
Development and Testing of TRACE/PARCS ECI Capability for Modelling CANDU Reactors with Reactor Regulating System Response
Table 2
Quantitative power results for ISCP benchmark model.
| | Case | Parameter | Full SCALE XS | Benchmark XS | | Tight coupling | Ref. [3] | Error (%) | Tight coupling | Ref. [3] | Error (%) |
| | Steady State | Max channel power (MW) | 6.838 (S9) | | | 6.881 (S9) | 6.935 (S9) | | | LOCA | Max core power (MW) | 3433 (0.86 s) | 3460 (0.90 s) | −0.8 | 4058 (0.91 s) | 4000 (0.95 s) | +1.4 | | LOCA | Max channel power (MW) | 14.10 (1.01 s, S8) | | | 19.34 (1.08 s, S8) | | | | LOCA | Max bundle power (kW) | 1779 (1.01 s, S8) | | | 2446 (1.08 s, S8) | | | | LOCA | Core energy deposition (MJ) | 3985 | | | 4602 | | | | LOCA | Max channel deposition (MJ) | 17.16 (S9) | | | 21.40 (S9) | | | | LOCA | Max bundle deposition (kJ) | 2129 (S10) | | | 2672 (S8) | | | | LOF | Max core power (MW) | 2177 (25.0 s) | 2170 (25.0 s) | +0.3 | 2280 (25.0 s) | 2260 (25.0 s) | −0.9 | | LOF | Max channel power (MW) | 7.50 (25.0 s, S9) | | | 7.91 (25.0 s, S9) | | | | LOF | Max bundle power (kW) | 930 (25.0 s, S9) | | | 982 (25.0 s, S9) | | | | LOR | Max core power (MW) | 2621 (25.0 s) | 2730 (25.0 s) | −4.0 | 2903 (25.0 s) | 2970 (25.0 s) | −2.3 | | LOR | Max channel power (MW) | 9.71 (25.0 s, L18) | | | 10.90 (25.0 s, L18) | | | | LOR | Max bundle power (kW) | 1314 (25.0 s, L18) | | | 1479 (25.0 s, L18) | | |
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