Wu, Y.; Zhang, H.; Liu, L.; Tang, H.; Dou, Q.; Guo, J.; Li, F. An Efficient and Robust ILU(k) Preconditioner for Steady-State Neutron Diffusion Problem Based on MOOSE. Energies2024, 17, 1499.
Wu, Y.; Zhang, H.; Liu, L.; Tang, H.; Dou, Q.; Guo, J.; Li, F. An Efficient and Robust ILU(k) Preconditioner for Steady-State Neutron Diffusion Problem Based on MOOSE. Energies 2024, 17, 1499.
Wu, Y.; Zhang, H.; Liu, L.; Tang, H.; Dou, Q.; Guo, J.; Li, F. An Efficient and Robust ILU(k) Preconditioner for Steady-State Neutron Diffusion Problem Based on MOOSE. Energies2024, 17, 1499.
Wu, Y.; Zhang, H.; Liu, L.; Tang, H.; Dou, Q.; Guo, J.; Li, F. An Efficient and Robust ILU(k) Preconditioner for Steady-State Neutron Diffusion Problem Based on MOOSE. Energies 2024, 17, 1499.
Abstract
Jacobian-free Newton Krylov (JFNK) is an attractive method to solve nonlinear equations in nuclear engineering systems, and has been successfully applied to steady-state neutron diffusion (k-eigenvalue) problems and multi-physics coupling problems. Preconditioning technique plays an important role in JFNK algorithm, significantly affecting computational efficiency. The key point is how to automatically construct a high-quality preconditioning matrix that can improve the convergence rate, and perform the preconditioning matrix factorization efficiently. An efficient reordering-based ILU(k) preconditioner is proposed to achieve the above objectives. In detail, the finite difference technique combined with the coloring algorithm is utilized to construct an efficient preconditioning matrix with low computational cost automatically. Furthermore, the reordering algorithm is employed for the ILU(k) to reduce the additional non-zero elements and pursue robust computational performance. A two-dimensional LRA neutron steady-state benchmark problem is used to evaluate the performance of the proposed preconditioning technique, and steady-state neutron diffusion problem with thermal-hydraulic feedback is also utilized as a supplement. The results show that coloring algorithms can efficiently and automatically construct the preconditioning matrix. The reordering-based ILU(k) preconditioner shows excellent robustness, avoiding the effect of fill-in levels k choice in incomplete LU factorization.
Keywords
preconditioning; JFNK; coloring algorithm; reordering algorithm; incomplete LU factorization
Subject
Engineering, Energy and Fuel Technology
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