Fractional neutron point kinetics equations for nuclear reactor dynamics

Annals of Nuclear Energy

Volumn 38, Issue 2-3, 2011, Pages 307-330

  Espinosa Paredes, Gilberto ^a   Polo Labarrios, Marco A ^a   Espinosa Martínez, Erick G ^b   Valle Gallegos, Edmundo Del ^c  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE QUÍMICA   (Mexico)

^b Instituto Politécnico Nacional ^*  (Mexico)

^c INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Diffusion equation; Neutron point kinetics; Non Fickian approximation; Reactivity changes; Stability analysis

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION EQUATIONS; DYNAMIC BEHAVIORS; DYNAMIC CHARACTERISTICS; FRACTIONAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; FRACTIONAL MODEL; FRACTIONAL ORDER; HIGH-ORDER; LINEAR FRACTIONAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; NEUTRON DIFFUSION EQUATIONS; NEUTRON KINETICS; NON-FICKIAN; NUCLEAR REACTOR DYNAMICS; NUMERICAL APPROXIMATIONS; NUMERICAL STABILITIES; PHYSICAL INTERPRETATION; POINT KINETICS; POINT-KINETICS EQUATIONS; POINT-KINETICS MODELS; RAPID VARIATION; REACTIVITY CHANGES; RESEARCH TOPICS; STABILITY ANALYSIS;

DIFFERENTIATION (CALCULUS); DIFFUSION; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; KINETIC THEORY; NEUTRONS; NUCLEAR ENERGY; NUCLEAR PROPULSION; ORDINARY DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; REACTOR SHUTDOWNS; RELAXATION PROCESSES;

KINETICS;

EID: 78751626779     PISSN: 03064549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anucene.2010.10.012     Document Type: Article

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