A nodal collocation method is proposed to compute the dominant Lambda modes of nuclear reactor core with a hexagonal geometry. This method is based on a triangular mesh and assumes that the neutronic flux can be approximated as a finite expansion in terms of Dubiner’s polynomials. The method transforms the initial differential eigenvalue problem into a generalized algebraic one, from which the ...

In this study the performance of two popular evolutionary computational techniques (particle swarm optimization and differential evolution) is compared in the task of batch reactor geometry optimization. Both algorithms are enhanced with chaotic pseudo-random number generator (CPRNG) based on Lozi chaotic map. It is depicted the course of the reactor processes dynamical parameters for the best ...

A computational fluid dynamic (CFD) study of methanol (MeOH) to dimethyl ether (DME) process in an adiabatic fixed-bed reactor is presented. One of the methods of industrial DME production is the catalytic dehydration of MeOH. Kinetic model was derived based on Bercic rate. The parameters of this equation for a specific catalyst were tuned by solving a one-dimensional homogenous model using MAT...