PRIM-AES Software Package for Simulation of Transient Modes at Power Units with VVER Reactors

Abstract

A description of the PRIM-AES software package (NPP simulator program) for modeling neutronic and thermal-hydraulic processes in transient modes at power units with VVER reactors is presented. The package includes a dynamic-simulation environment for the implementation of complex algorithms for automatic control systems based on SimInTech CAD systems and the TIGR-M program for combined neutronic and thermal-hydraulic calculation of normal operation and emergency modes, which is a development of the TIGR-1 software package. The modernization of the thermal-hydraulic module of the TIGR-1 software package is described, which is carried out to extend the applicability of the code in the volume of the power unit. The structure of a new software-computing package with a description of its constituent modules and the interface for data exchange between them has been developed and presented. The goals and objectives of the application of the developed software package are determined, which allow assessing the relevant criteria of dynamic stability for stationary modes of normal operation and transient modes of normal operation, including power maneuvering modes, and operation limitation modes in the case of violation of safe operation conditions and emergency modes of the second category involving failures of the main equipment.