NEA-1002 KINE.

KINE, 1-D PWR Dynamic with Partial Core Boiling

NAME OR DESIGNATION OF PROGRAM, COMPUTER, DESCRIPTION OF PROGRAM OR FUNCTION, METHOD OF SOLUTION, RESTRICTIONS ON THE COMPLEXITY OF THE PROBLEM, TYPICAL RUNNING TIME, UNUSUAL FEATURES OF THE PROGRAM, RELATED AND AUXILIARY PROGRAMS, STATUS, REFERENCES, MACHINE REQUIREMENTS, LANGUAGE, OPERATING SYSTEM UNDER WHICH PROGRAM IS EXECUTED, OTHER PROGRAMMING OR OPERATING INFORMATION OR RESTRICTIONS, NAME AND ESTABLISHMENT OF AUTHORS, MATERIAL, CATEGORIES

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1. NAME OR DESIGNATION OF PROGRAM: KINE.

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2. COMPUTERS

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Program name	Package id	Status	Status date
KINE	NEA-1002/01	Tested	05-JUL-1985

Machines used:

Package ID	Orig. computer	Test computer
NEA-1002/01	SIEMENS 7875	IBM 3081

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3. DESCRIPTION OF PROGRAM OR FUNCTION

1-D dynamics program for PWR's with partial boiling in the core. Solves time dependent diffusion equation for 2 prompt and 6 delayed neutron groups.

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4. METHOD OF SOLUTION: Backward extrapolation technique.

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5. RESTRICTIONS ON THE COMPLEXITY OF THE PROBLEM

2 prompt and 6 delayed neutron groups,
200 local meshes.

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6. TYPICAL RUNNING TIME

17 sec for 142 local meshes and 250 time steps on SIEMENS 7875.

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NEA-DB executed the test case included in the package on IBM 3081D in 19.42 seconds of CPU time.

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7. UNUSUAL FEATURES OF THE PROGRAM

Treatment of partial boiling in the core / approximation formulas for the coolant density dependent group constants (must be) built in / especially suitable for small PWR's.

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8. RELATED AND AUXILIARY PROGRAMS:

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9. STATUS

Package ID	Status date	Status
NEA-1002/01	05-JUL-1985	Tested at NEADB

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10. REFERENCES

- Monterosso, R. and Vincenti, E.,
Finite Difference Method for Solving the Spatio-Temporal Diffusion Equation in the Two-Group Approximation,
EUR 596.E (1964).

NEA-1002/01, included references:

- R. Fiebig and A. Krueger:
  KINE - A One-Dimensional Dynamic Program for Pressurized Water
  Reactors with Partial Boiling in the Core.
  GKSS 79/E/30   (July 26, 1979) (in German)

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11. MACHINE REQUIREMENTS: 70K bytes fast memory on SIEMENS 7875.

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220K bytes of main storage on IBM 3081K.

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12. PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE(S) USED

Package ID	Computer language
NEA-1002/01	FORTRAN-IV

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13. OPERATING SYSTEM UNDER WHICH PROGRAM IS EXECUTED: BS 3000 (SIEMENS 7875).

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MVS-SP (IBM 3081).

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14. OTHER PROGRAMMING OR OPERATING INFORMATION OR RESTRICTIONS:

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15. NAME AND ESTABLISHMENT OF AUTHORS

     R. Fiebig and A. Krueger
     Institut fuer Physik
     GKSS Forschungszentrum Geesthacht GmbH
     Max Planck-Strasse
     D-2054 Geesthacht

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16. MATERIAL AVAILABLE

NEA-1002/01

File name	File description	Records
NEA1002_01.003	INFORMATION FILE	58
NEA1002_01.004	KINE SOURCE PROGRAM	1330
NEA1002_01.005	ORIGINAL JCL	12
NEA1002_01.006	JCL TO EXECUTE TEST CASE	54
NEA1002_01.007	KINE TEST CASE INPUT DATA	16
NEA1002_01.008	KINE TEST CASE ORIGINAL PRINTOUT	4169
NEA1002_01.009	KINE TEST CASE PRINTOUT OF TEST RUN	4154

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17. CATEGORIES

G. Radiological Safety, Hazard and Accident Analysis
H. Heat Transfer and Fluid Flow

Keywords: diffusion equations, dynamics, one-dimensional, pwr reactors, time-dependent.