UO2PulverizationTransientFissionGasRelease

Computes the amount of fission gas release due to fuel pulverization.

Description

The UO2PulverizationTransientFissionGasRelease material computes the amount of fission gas released as a result of fuel pulverization. This is one of the mechanisms proposed to contribute to transient FGR. The amount of FGR is calculated using the approach developed in Aagesen et al. (2022).

During fuel pulverization, a fraction of the pores become exposed to free surfaces and release fission gas. The amount of fission gas released is therefore equal to (1) where is the density of fission gas release in the pulverized fuel in mol/m, derived as the product of the bubble density in bubble/m and the average number of atoms in intragranular gas bubbles (atoms/bubble), and divided by the Avogadro constant. is the volume of pulverized fuel in m, and is the volume fraction of bubbles opened during fuel pulverization, over the total bubble volume.

is expected to depend on pore structure, fragment size, and porosity. Its derivation based on a geometric criteria is detailed in Aagesen et al. (2022). Assuming cuboid fuel fragments of size and homogeneous bubble radius , it is defined as where is the total bubble volume in pulverized fuel, and is the volume of pores that become exposed during fragmentation. Performing calculations on a number of random bubble microstructures showed that can be approximated as where (-) the coefficient for the porosity, (-) the coefficient for the bubble-radius-to-fragment-size ratio, and (-) a constant (Aagesen et al., 2022). This correlation has been derived for a porosity ranging from 1 % to 13 % and a bubble-radius-to-fragment-size ratio ranging from 0.01 to 0.1.

commentnote:Use with pulverization model

Since it computes the FGR due to pulverization, this material block is meant to be used with UO2Sifgrs along with a high burnup structure formation model (HighBurnupStructureFormation) and a pulverization model (UO2PulverizationMesoscale). Sifgrs describes the fission gas behavior and provides the bubble size and pressure, the high burnup structure formation model provides the volume fraction of high burnup structure fuel, and the pulverization model provides the location of pulverized fuel, as well as , , and . However, for now, the size of fuel fragment is assumed to be 50 m to correspond to experimental measurements.

commentnote:Returning 0 for null porosity

The amount of fission gas released due to pulverization is set to when the porosity is equal to 0.

Example Input Syntax

[Materials<<<{"href": "../../syntax/Materials/index.html"}>>>]
  [UO2PulverizationTransientFissionGasRelease]
    # moles/m^3
    type = ADUO2PulverizationTransientFissionGasRelease<<<{"description": "Computes the amount of fission gas release due to fuel pulverization.", "href": "UO2PulverizationTransientFissionGasRelease.html"}>>>
    block<<<{"description": "The list of blocks (ids or names) that this object will be applied"}>>> = fuel
    outputs<<<{"description": "Vector of output names where you would like to restrict the output of variables(s) associated with this object"}>>> = exodus
  []
[]
(test/tests/uo2_transient_fission_gas_release/ad_uo2_pulverization_phasefield2_transient_FGR.i)

Input Parameters

  • atoms_per_bubble_HBSatom_per_bubble_GB_HBSAverage number of atoms in intragranular gas bubbles (atoms/bubble) material property name.

    Default:atom_per_bubble_GB_HBS

    C++ Type:MaterialPropertyName

    Unit:(no unit assumed)

    Controllable:No

    Description:Average number of atoms in intragranular gas bubbles (atoms/bubble) material property name.

  • blockThe list of blocks (ids or names) that this object will be applied

    C++ Type:std::vector<SubdomainName>

    Controllable:No

    Description:The list of blocks (ids or names) that this object will be applied

  • boundaryThe list of boundaries (ids or names) from the mesh where this object applies

    C++ Type:std::vector<BoundaryName>

    Controllable:No

    Description:The list of boundaries (ids or names) from the mesh where this object applies

  • bubble_density_HBSbubble_GB_volume_density_HBSBubble density in fuel (bubble/m$^3$) material property name.

    Default:bubble_GB_volume_density_HBS

    C++ Type:MaterialPropertyName

    Unit:(no unit assumed)

    Controllable:No

    Description:Bubble density in fuel (bubble/m$^3$) material property name.

  • bubble_radius_HBSbubble_radius_GB_HBSIntragranular bubble radius in HBU structure (m^3) material property name.

    Default:bubble_radius_GB_HBS

    C++ Type:MaterialPropertyName

    Unit:(no unit assumed)

    Controllable:No

    Description:Intragranular bubble radius in HBU structure (m^3) material property name.

  • computeTrueWhen false, MOOSE will not call compute methods on this material. The user must call computeProperties() after retrieving the MaterialBase via MaterialBasePropertyInterface::getMaterialBase(). Non-computed MaterialBases are not sorted for dependencies.

    Default:True

    C++ Type:bool

    Controllable:No

    Description:When false, MOOSE will not call compute methods on this material. The user must call computeProperties() after retrieving the MaterialBase via MaterialBasePropertyInterface::getMaterialBase(). Non-computed MaterialBases are not sorted for dependencies.

  • constant_onNONEWhen ELEMENT, MOOSE will only call computeQpProperties() for the 0th quadrature point, and then copy that value to the other qps.When SUBDOMAIN, MOOSE will only call computeQpProperties() for the 0th quadrature point, and then copy that value to the other qps. Evaluations on element qps will be skipped

    Default:NONE

    C++ Type:MooseEnum

    Options:NONE, ELEMENT, SUBDOMAIN

    Controllable:No

    Description:When ELEMENT, MOOSE will only call computeQpProperties() for the 0th quadrature point, and then copy that value to the other qps.When SUBDOMAIN, MOOSE will only call computeQpProperties() for the 0th quadrature point, and then copy that value to the other qps. Evaluations on element qps will be skipped

  • declare_suffixAn optional suffix parameter that can be appended to any declared properties. The suffix will be prepended with a '_' character.

    C++ Type:MaterialPropertyName

    Unit:(no unit assumed)

    Controllable:No

    Description:An optional suffix parameter that can be appended to any declared properties. The suffix will be prepended with a '_' character.

  • execute_onLINEARThe list of flag(s) indicating when this object should be executed. For a description of each flag, see https://mooseframework.inl.gov/source/interfaces/SetupInterface.html.

    Default:LINEAR

    C++ Type:ExecFlagEnum

    Options:XFEM_MARK, NONE, INITIAL, LINEAR, NONLINEAR_CONVERGENCE, NONLINEAR, POSTCHECK, TIMESTEP_END, TIMESTEP_BEGIN, MULTIAPP_FIXED_POINT_END, MULTIAPP_FIXED_POINT_BEGIN, FINAL, CUSTOM

    Controllable:No

    Description:The list of flag(s) indicating when this object should be executed. For a description of each flag, see https://mooseframework.inl.gov/source/interfaces/SetupInterface.html.

  • fragment_size5e-05Size of the fragment resulting from pulverization assuming cubic shape (m)

    Default:5e-05

    C++ Type:double

    Unit:(no unit assumed)

    Controllable:No

    Description:Size of the fragment resulting from pulverization assuming cubic shape (m)

  • porosityhbs_porosityPorosity (-) material property name.

    Default:hbs_porosity

    C++ Type:MaterialPropertyName

    Unit:(no unit assumed)

    Controllable:No

    Description:Porosity (-) material property name.

  • pulverizedpulverizedBoolean material property name that describes the local state of the fuel (0:not pulverized, 1:pulverized) (-).

    Default:pulverized

    C++ Type:MaterialPropertyName

    Unit:(no unit assumed)

    Controllable:No

    Description:Boolean material property name that describes the local state of the fuel (0:not pulverized, 1:pulverized) (-).

  • value_range_behaviorEXCEPTIONWhat to do if input value is outside the range of applicability.

    Default:EXCEPTION

    C++ Type:MooseEnum

    Options:ERROR, WARN, IGNORE, EXCEPTION

    Controllable:No

    Description:What to do if input value is outside the range of applicability.

Optional Parameters

  • control_tagsAdds user-defined labels for accessing object parameters via control logic.

    C++ Type:std::vector<std::string>

    Controllable:No

    Description:Adds user-defined labels for accessing object parameters via control logic.

  • enableTrueSet the enabled status of the MooseObject.

    Default:True

    C++ Type:bool

    Controllable:Yes

    Description:Set the enabled status of the MooseObject.

  • implicitTrueDetermines whether this object is calculated using an implicit or explicit form

    Default:True

    C++ Type:bool

    Controllable:No

    Description:Determines whether this object is calculated using an implicit or explicit form

  • seed0The seed for the master random number generator

    Default:0

    C++ Type:unsigned int

    Controllable:No

    Description:The seed for the master random number generator

  • use_displaced_meshFalseWhether or not this object should use the displaced mesh for computation. Note that in the case this is true but no displacements are provided in the Mesh block the undisplaced mesh will still be used.

    Default:False

    C++ Type:bool

    Controllable:No

    Description:Whether or not this object should use the displaced mesh for computation. Note that in the case this is true but no displacements are provided in the Mesh block the undisplaced mesh will still be used.

Advanced Parameters

  • output_propertiesList of material properties, from this material, to output (outputs must also be defined to an output type)

    C++ Type:std::vector<std::string>

    Controllable:No

    Description:List of material properties, from this material, to output (outputs must also be defined to an output type)

  • outputsnone Vector of output names where you would like to restrict the output of variables(s) associated with this object

    Default:none

    C++ Type:std::vector<OutputName>

    Controllable:No

    Description:Vector of output names where you would like to restrict the output of variables(s) associated with this object

Outputs Parameters

  • prop_getter_suffixAn optional suffix parameter that can be appended to any attempt to retrieve/get material properties. The suffix will be prepended with a '_' character.

    C++ Type:MaterialPropertyName

    Unit:(no unit assumed)

    Controllable:No

    Description:An optional suffix parameter that can be appended to any attempt to retrieve/get material properties. The suffix will be prepended with a '_' character.

  • use_interpolated_stateFalseFor the old and older state use projected material properties interpolated at the quadrature points. To set up projection use the ProjectedStatefulMaterialStorageAction.

    Default:False

    C++ Type:bool

    Controllable:No

    Description:For the old and older state use projected material properties interpolated at the quadrature points. To set up projection use the ProjectedStatefulMaterialStorageAction.

Material Property Retrieval Parameters

Input Files

References

  1. Larry K Aagesen, Sudipta Biswas, Kyle Gamble, Wen Jiang, Pierre-Clément Simon, and Benjamin Spencer. Implementation and testing of physics-based pulverization model in BISON. Technical Report INL/RPT-22-67941 Rev. 0, Idaho National Laboratory, 2022.[BibTeX]