[HTML][HTML] On the development of multi-physics tools for nuclear reactor analysis based on OpenFOAM®: state of the art, lessons learned and perspectives

C Fiorina, I Clifford, S Kelm, S Lorenzi - Nuclear Engineering and Design, 2022 - Elsevier
In the last two decades, the use of OpenFOAM as a multi-physics library for nuclear
applications has grown from a sporadic use for exploratory studies to a widespread …

A discrete-ordinates variational nodal method for heterogeneous neutron Boltzmann transport problems

Q Sun, X Liu, X Chai, H He, T Zhang - Computers & Mathematics with …, 2024 - Elsevier
This study introduces an unstructured variational nodal method (UVNM-S N), also
recognized as the hybridized discontinuous Galerkin (HDG) method, for solving …

Development and validation of a neutron transport solver with SP3 method based on OpenFOAM

X Zhou, D Zhang, L Zhou, W Wu, X Zhang… - Progress in Nuclear …, 2024 - Elsevier
A deterministic neutron transport solver with SP 3 method based on OpenFOAM has been
developed and validated in this paper. The physical models, numerical methods and …

[HTML][HTML] Multiphysics analysis of the MSFR helium bubbling system: A comparison between neutron diffusion, SP3 neutron transport and Monte Carlo approaches

E Cervi, S Lorenzi, L Luzzi, A Cammi - Annals of Nuclear Energy, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract The Molten Salt Fast Reactor is a fast-spectrum molten salt reactor under
development in the framework of the European H2020 SAMOFAR Project (http://samofar …

[HTML][HTML] Development of an SP3 neutron transport solver for the analysis of the Molten Salt Fast Reactor

E Cervi, S Lorenzi, A Cammi, L Luzzi - Nuclear Engineering and Design, 2019 - Elsevier
The aim of this paper is the extension of a multiphysics OpenFOAM solver for the analysis of
the Molten Salt Fast Reactor (MSFR), developed in previous works (Cervi et al., 2017, 2018) …

Development of a point-kinetics model in OpenFOAM, integration in GeN-Foam, and validation against FFTF experimental data

S Radman, C Fiorina, P Song, A Pautz - Annals of Nuclear Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
Following the growing interest that we observe in the use of OpenFOAM for nuclear reactor
analysis, the current work presents a point-kinetics model and associated open-source code …

[HTML][HTML] Development of a novel two-phase flow solver for nuclear reactor analysis: algorithms, verification and implementation in OpenFOAM

S Radman, C Fiorina, A Pautz - Nuclear Engineering and Design, 2021 - Elsevier
A porous medium-based representation of nuclear reactors and complex engineering
systems more in general can significantly reduce simulation and modelling costs, while …

Development of a reduced order model for fuel burnup analysis

C Castagna, M Aufiero, S Lorenzi, G Lomonaco… - Energies, 2020 - mdpi.com
Fuel burnup analysis requires a high computational cost for full core calculations, due to the
amount of the information processed for the total reaction rates in many burnup regions …

Preliminary design and analysis of Liquid Fuel Molten Salt Reactor using multi-physics code GeN-Foam

MR Altahhan, S Bhaskar, D Ziyad, P Balestra… - … Engineering and Design, 2020 - Elsevier
In this study, a hypothetical fast spectrum Liquid Fuel Molten Salt Reactor (LFMSR) core is
modeled using the multiphysics C++ code GeN-Foam (General Nuclear Foam). GeN-Foam …

[HTML][HTML] Development of a novel two-phase flow solver for nuclear reactor analysis: Validation against sodium boiling experiments

S Radman, C Fiorina, A Pautz - Nuclear Engineering and Design, 2021 - Elsevier
Recent numerical advancements at the Laboratory for Reactor Physics and Systems
Behaviour (LRS) have led to the development of a novel two-phase porous medium-based …