Approximate One-Dimensional Models for Monoenergetic Neutral Particle Transport in Ducts with Wall Migration. Issue 4 (7th June 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Gonzalez, Arnulfo; McClarren, Ryan G.
• Is Part Of: Journal of computational and theoretical transport. Volume 46:Issue 4(2017)
• Page Start: 242
• Page End: 257
• Publication Date: 2017-06-07
• Subjects: Duct transport -- neutron transport -- nonlocal approximation; Transport theory -- Periodicals; Statistical physics -- Periodicals; Statistical physics; Transport theory; Periodicals; 530.138
• DOI: 10.1080/23324309.2017.1336730
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2332-4309

Abstract

ABSTRACT: The problem of monoenergetic neutral particle transport in a duct, where particles travel inside the duct walls, is treated using an approximate one-dimensional model. The one-dimensional model uses three-basis functions, as part of a previously derived weighted-residual procedure, to account for the geometry of particle transport in a duct system (where particle migration into the walls is not considered). Our model introduces two stochastic parameters to account for particle–wall interactions: an albedo approximation yielding the fraction of particles that return to the duct after striking the walls, and a mean-distance travelled in the walls by particles that re-enter the duct. Our model produces a set of three transport equations with a non-local scattering kernel. We solve these equations using discrete ordinates with source iteration. Numerical results for the reflection and transmission probabilities of neutron transport in ducts of circular cross section are compared to Monte Carlo results computed using the MCNP code.