Invariant methods for an ensemble-based sensitivity analysis of a passive containment cooling system of an AP1000 nuclear power plant
In: Reliability Engineering & System Safety, Jg. 151 (2016-07-01), S. 12-19
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International audience; Sensitivity Analysis (SA) is performed to gain fundamental insights on a system behavior that is usually reproduced by a model and to identify the most relevant input variables whose variations affect the system model functional response. For the reliability analysis of passive safety systems of Nuclear Power Plants (NPPs), models are Best Estimate (BE) Thermal Hydraulic (TH) codes, that predict the system functional response in normal and accidental conditions and, in this paper, an ensemble of three alternative invariant SA methods is innovatively set up for a SA on the TH code input variables. The ensemble aggregates the input variables raking orders provided by Pearson correlation ratio, Delta method and Beta method. The capability of the ensemble is shown on a BE-TH code of the Passive Containment Cooling System (PCCS) of an Advanced Pressurized water reactor AP1000, during a Loss Of Coolant Accident (LOCA), whose output probability density function (pdf) is approximated by a Finite Mixture Model (FMM), on the basis of a limited number of simulations.
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Invariant methods for an ensemble-based sensitivity analysis of a passive containment cooling system of an AP1000 nuclear power plant
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Autor/in / Beteiligte Person: | Nicola, Giancarlo ; Zio, Enrico ; Francesco Di Maio ; Borgonovo, Emanuele ; Chaire Sciences des Systèmes et Défis Energétiques EDF/ECP/Supélec (SSEC) ; EDF R&D (EDF R&D) ; EDF (EDF)-EDF (EDF)-CentraleSupélec-SUPELEC-Ecole Centrale Paris ; Laboratoire Génie Industriel - EA 2606 (LGI) ; CentraleSupélec ; Politecnico di Milano [Milan] (POLIMI) ; Department of Decision Sciences, Bocconi University ; Bocconi University [Milan, Italy] ; Ecole Centrale Paris-Ecole Supérieure d'Electricité - SUPELEC (FRANCE)-CentraleSupélec-EDF R&D (EDF R&D) ; EDF (EDF)-EDF (EDF) |
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Zeitschrift: | Reliability Engineering & System Safety, Jg. 151 (2016-07-01), S. 12-19 |
Veröffentlichung: | Elsevier BV, 2016 |
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ISSN: | 0951-8320 (print) ; 1879-0836 (print) |
DOI: | 10.1016/j.ress.2015.10.006 |
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