Finite volume lattice Boltzmann scheme for neutron/radiative transfer on unstructured mesh. (November 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Wang, Yahui; Yan, Liming; Ma, Yu; Li, Wei
• Is Part Of: Annals of nuclear energy. Volume 109(2017:Nov.)
• Page Start: 227
• Page End: 236
• Publication Date: 2017-11
• Subjects: Neutron/radiative transfer -- Finite-volume lattice Boltzmann -- Unstructured mesh -- Boltzmann transport equation; Nuclear energy -- Periodicals; Nuclear engineering -- Periodicals; 621.4805
• DOI: 10.1016/j.anucene.2017.05.022
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0306-4549

Abstract

Highlights: A discrete velocity Boltzmann equation for neutron/radiative transfer is deduced. A finite volume lattice Boltzmann scheme for neutron/radiative transfer is presented. The unstructured mesh is considered for FV-LB scheme to handle the complex geometry. The transient and steady-state neutron/radiative transfer problems are simulated. Abstract: In this paper, we propose a novel finite volume lattice Boltzmann (FV-LB) scheme to simulate the neutron and radiative transfer problems governed by the linear Boltzmann transport equation (BTE). In the derivation of the FV-LB scheme, we utilize a multi-speed lattice Boltzmann model to reduce the linear BTE into a linear discrete velocity Boltzmann equation (DVBE). Considering the computational effectiveness and flexibility in complex geometries, we design a finite volume scheme by using the first order upwind numerical flux and solve the DVBE with the finite volume scheme on a unstructured tetrahedral or triangular mesh. The accuracy of the FV-LB scheme is verified by comparing our results with the benchmark values of three representative problems.