A personal computer-based simulator for nuclear-heating reactors

A personal computer (PC)-based simulator for nuclear-heating reactors (NHRs ), PC-NHR, has been developed to provide an educational tool for understand ing the design and operational characteristics of an NHR system. A general description of the reactor system as well as the technical basis for the de sign and operation of the heating reactor is provided. The basic models and equations for the NHR simulation are then given, which include models of t he reactor core, the reactor coolant system, the containment, and the contr ol system. The graphical user interface is described in detail to provide a manual for the user to operate the simulator properly. Steady state and se veral transients have been simulated. The results of PC-NHR are in good agr eement with design data and the results of RETRAN-02. The real-time capabil ity is also confirmed.