Source code for armi.reactor.converters.blockConverters

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"""
Convert block geometry from one to another, etc.
"""
import copy
import math

import numpy
import matplotlib
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
from matplotlib.patches import Wedge
from matplotlib.collections import PatchCollection

from armi.reactor import blocks
from armi.reactor import grids
from armi.reactor import components
from armi.reactor.flags import Flags
from armi.utils import hexagon
from armi import runLog

SIN60 = math.sin(math.radians(60.0))


[docs]class BlockConverter: """Converts a block.""" def __init__(self, sourceBlock, quiet=False): """ Parameters ---------- sourceBlock : :py:class:`armi.reactor.blocks.Block` An ARMI Block object to convert. quite : boolean, optional If True, less information is output in the runLog. """ self._quiet = quiet self._sourceBlock = sourceBlock self.convertedBlock = None # the new block that is created.
[docs] def dissolveComponentIntoComponent(self, soluteName, solventName, minID=0.0): """ Make a new block that homogenized one component into another while conserving number of atoms. Parameters ---------- soluteName : str The name of the solute component in _sourceBlock solventName : str The name of the solvent component in _sourceBlock minID : float The minimum hot temperature diameter allowed for the solvent. This is useful for forcing components to not overlap. Warning ------- Nuclides merged into another component will be the temperature of the new component as temperature is stored on the component level. In the solute and solvent are the same temperature this is not an issue. Converted blocks that have dissolved components should avoid having their temperatures changed. This is because the component being merged into retains its old thermal expansion properties and may not be consistent with how the components would behave independently. For this reason it is recommended that these blocks be made right before the physics calculation of interest and be immediately discarded. Attaching them to the reactor is not recommended. """ if not self._quiet: runLog.extra( "Homogenizing the {} component into the {} component in block {}".format( soluteName, solventName, self._sourceBlock ) ) # break up dimension links since we will be messing with this block's components newBlock = copy.deepcopy(self._sourceBlock) # cannot pass components directly since the new block will have new components solute = newBlock.getComponentByName(soluteName) solvent = newBlock.getComponentByName(solventName) self._checkInputs(soluteName, solventName, solute, solvent) soluteLinks = solute.getLinkedComponents() # the area about to be added by the dimension change can be different than the simple area of the # merged component due to void gaps between components oldArea = solvent.getArea() runLog.debug("removing {}".format(solute)) # skip recomputation of area fractions because the blocks still have 0 height at this stage and derived # shape volume computations will fail newBlock.remove(solute, recomputeAreaFractions=False) self._sourceBlock = newBlock # adjust new shape area. if solvent.__class__ is components.DerivedShape: pass # If it's coolant, the auto-fill area system gets it. coolant has no links else: soluteID, soluteOD = ( solute.getDimension("id", cold=False), solute.getDimension("od", cold=False), ) if solvent.getDimension("id", cold=False) > soluteID: runLog.debug( "Decreasing ID of {} to accommodate {}.".format(solvent, solute) ) solvent.setDimension("id", soluteID, cold=False) if solvent.getDimension("od", cold=False) < soluteOD: runLog.debug( "Increasing OD of {} to accommodate {}.".format(solvent, solute) ) solvent.setDimension("od", soluteOD, cold=False) if solvent.getDimension("id", cold=False) < minID: runLog.debug( "Updating the ID of {} the the specified min ID: {}.".format( solvent, minID ) ) solvent.setDimension("id", minID, cold=False) if soluteLinks: self.restablishLinks(solute, solvent, soluteLinks) self._verifyExpansion(solute, solvent) solvent.changeNDensByFactor(oldArea / solvent.getArea()) solute.mergeNuclidesInto(solvent)
[docs] def _checkInputs(self, soluteName, solventName, solute, solvent): if solute is None or solvent is None: raise ValueError( "Block {} must have a {} component and a {} component to homogenize.".format( self._sourceBlock, soluteName, solventName ) ) if not ( isinstance(solvent, components.DerivedShape) or all(isinstance(c, components.Circle) for c in (solute, solvent)) ): raise ValueError( "Components are not of compatible shape to be merged " "solute: {}, solvent: {}".format(solute, solvent) ) if solute.getArea() <= 0 or solvent.getArea() <= 0: raise ValueError( "Cannot merge components if either have negative area. " "{} area: {}, {} area : {}".format( solute, solvent, solute.getArea(), solvent.getArea() ) )
[docs] def _verifyExpansion(self, solute, solvent): validComponents = ( c for c in self._sourceBlock if not isinstance(c, components.DerivedShape) ) for c in sorted(validComponents): if ( not isinstance(c, components.Circle) or c is solvent or c.containsVoidMaterial() ): continue if c.isEncapsulatedBy(solvent): raise ValueError( "There is a non void component {} in the location where component {} was expanded " "to absorb component solute {}. solvent dims {}, {} comp dims {} {}.".format( c, solvent, solute, solvent.p.id, solvent.p.od, c.p.id, c.p.od ) ) if c.getArea() < 0.0: runLog.warning( "Component {} still has negative area after {} was dissolved into {}" "".format(c, solute, solvent), single=True, )
[docs] def convert(self): raise NotImplementedError
[docs]class ComponentMerger(BlockConverter): """For a provided block, merged the solute component into the solvent component.""" def __init__(self, sourceBlock, soluteName, solventName, quiet=False): """ Parameters ---------- sourceBlock : :py:class:`armi.reactor.blocks.Block` An ARMI Block object to convert. soluteName : str The name of the solute component in _sourceBlock solventName : str The name of the solvent component in _sourceBlock quite : boolean, optional If True, less information is output in the runLog. """ BlockConverter.__init__(self, sourceBlock, quiet=quiet) self.soluteName = soluteName self.solventName = solventName
[docs] def convert(self): """Return a block with the solute merged into the solvent.""" self.dissolveComponentIntoComponent(self.soluteName, self.solventName) return self._sourceBlock
[docs]class MultipleComponentMerger(BlockConverter): """ Dissolves multiple components and checks validity at end. Doesn't run _verifyExpansion until the end so that the order the components are dissolved in does not cause a failure. For example if two liners are dissolved into the clad and the farthest liner was dissolved first, this would normally cause a ValueError in _verifyExpansion since the clad would be completely expanded over a non void component. This could be implemented on the regular ComponentMerger, as the Flags system has enough power in the type specification arguments to things like ``getComponents()``, ``hasFlags()``, etc., to do single and multiple components with the same code. """ def __init__( self, sourceBlock, soluteNames, solventName, specifiedMinID=0.0, quiet=False ): """ Parameters ---------- sourceBlock : :py:class:`armi.reactor.blocks.Block` An ARMI Block object to convert. soluteNames : list List of str names of the solute components in _sourceBlock solventName : str The name of the solvent component in _sourceBlock minID : float The minimum hot temperature diameter allowed for the solvent. This is useful for forcing components to not overlap. quite : boolean, optional If True, less information is output in the runLog. """ BlockConverter.__init__(self, sourceBlock, quiet=quiet) self.soluteNames = soluteNames self.solventName = solventName self.specifiedMinID = specifiedMinID
[docs] def _verifyExpansion(self, solute, solvent): """Wait until all components are dissolved to check this.""" pass
[docs] def convert(self): """Return a block with the solute merged into the solvent.""" for soluteName in self.soluteNames: self.dissolveComponentIntoComponent( soluteName, self.solventName, minID=self.specifiedMinID ) solvent = self._sourceBlock.getComponentByName(self.solventName) BlockConverter._verifyExpansion(self, self.soluteNames, solvent) return self._sourceBlock
[docs]class BlockAvgToCylConverter(BlockConverter): """ Convert a block and driver block into a block made of a concentric circles using block (homogenized) composition. Notes ----- This converter is intended for use in building 1-dimensional models of a set of block. numInternalRings controls the number of rings to use for the source block, while the numExternalRings controls the number of rings for the driver fuel block. The number of blocks to in each ring grows by 6 for each ring in hex geometry and 8 for each ring in Cartesian. This converter is opinionated in that it uses a spatial grid to determine how many blocks to add based on the type of the ``sourceBlock``. For example, if the ``sourceBlock`` is a HexBlock then a HexGrid will be used. If the ``sourceBlock`` is a CartesianBlock then a CartesianGrid without an offset will be used. See Also -------- HexComponentsToCylConverter: This converter is more useful if the pin lattice is in a hex lattice. """ def __init__( self, sourceBlock, driverFuelBlock=None, numInternalRings=1, numExternalRings=None, quiet=False, ): BlockConverter.__init__(self, sourceBlock, quiet=quiet) self._driverFuelBlock = driverFuelBlock self._numExternalRings = numExternalRings self.convertedBlock = blocks.ThRZBlock( name=sourceBlock.name + "-cyl", height=sourceBlock.getHeight() ) self.convertedBlock.setLumpedFissionProducts( sourceBlock.getLumpedFissionProductCollection() ) self._numInternalRings = numInternalRings
[docs] def convert(self): """Return a block converted into cylindrical geometry, possibly with other block types surrounding it.""" self._addBlockRings( self._sourceBlock, self._sourceBlock.getType(), self._numInternalRings, 1 ) self._addDriverFuelRings() return self.convertedBlock
[docs] def _addBlockRings( self, blockToAdd, blockName, numRingsToAdd, firstRing, mainComponent=None ): """Add a homogenous block ring to the converted block.""" runLog.info( "Converting representative block {} to its equivalent cylindrical model".format( self._sourceBlock ) ) innerDiam = ( self.convertedBlock[-1].getDimension("od") if len(self.convertedBlock) else 0.0 ) if mainComponent is not None: newCompProps = mainComponent.material tempInput = tempHot = mainComponent.temperatureInC else: # no component specified so just use block vals newCompProps = ( "Custom" # this component shouldn't change temperature anyway ) tempInput = tempHot = blockToAdd.getAverageTempInC() if isinstance(blockToAdd, blocks.HexBlock): grid = grids.HexGrid.fromPitch(1.0) elif isinstance(blockToAdd, blocks.CartesianBlock): grid = grids.CartesianGrid.fromRectangle(1.0, 1.0) else: raise ValueError( f"The `sourceBlock` of type {type(blockToAdd)} is not supported in {self}." ) for ringNum in range(firstRing, firstRing + numRingsToAdd): numFuelBlocksInRing = grid.getPositionsInRing(ringNum) assert numFuelBlocksInRing is not None fuelBlockTotalArea = numFuelBlocksInRing * blockToAdd.getArea() driverOuterDiam = getOuterDiamFromIDAndArea(innerDiam, fuelBlockTotalArea) driverRing = components.Circle( blockName, newCompProps, tempInput, tempHot, od=driverOuterDiam, id=innerDiam, mult=1, ) driverRing.setNumberDensities(blockToAdd.getNumberDensities()) self.convertedBlock.add(driverRing) innerDiam = driverOuterDiam
[docs] def _addDriverFuelRings(self): """ Add driver fuel blocks as the outer-most surrounding ring. Notes ----- This is intended to be used to drive non-fuel compositions, DU, etc. """ if self._driverFuelBlock is None: return if not self._driverFuelBlock.isFuel(): raise ValueError( "Driver block {} must be fuel".format(self._driverFuelBlock) ) if self._numExternalRings < 0: raise ValueError( "Number of fuel rings is set to {}, but must be a positive integer.".format( self._numExternalRings ) ) blockName = self._driverFuelBlock.getType() + " driver" fuel = self._driverFuelBlock.getChildrenWithFlags(Flags.FUEL)[ 0 ] # used for mat properties and temperature self._addBlockRings( self._driverFuelBlock, blockName, self._numExternalRings, self._numInternalRings + 1, mainComponent=fuel, )
[docs] def plotConvertedBlock(self, fName=None): """Render an image of the converted block.""" runLog.extra( "Plotting equivalent cylindrical block of {}".format(self._sourceBlock) ) fig, ax = plt.subplots() fig.patch.set_visible(False) ax.patch.set_visible(False) ax.axis("off") patches = [] colors = [] for circleComp in self.convertedBlock: innerR, outerR = ( circleComp.getDimension("id") / 2.0, circleComp.getDimension("od") / 2.0, ) runLog.debug( "Plotting {:40s} with {:10.3f} {:10.3f} ".format( circleComp, innerR, outerR ) ) circle = Wedge((0.0, 0.0), outerR, 0, 360.0, outerR - innerR) patches.append(circle) colors.append(circleComp.density()) colorMap = matplotlib.cm p = PatchCollection(patches, alpha=1.0, linewidths=0.1, cmap=colorMap.YlGn) p.set_array(numpy.array(colors)) ax.add_collection(p) ax.autoscale_view(True, True, True) ax.set_aspect("equal") fig.tight_layout() if fName: plt.savefig(fName) else: plt.show() return fName
[docs]class HexComponentsToCylConverter(BlockAvgToCylConverter): """ Converts a hexagon full of pins into a circle full of concentric circles. Notes ----- This is intended to capture heterogeneous effects while generating cross sections in MCC3. The resulting 1D cylindrical block will not be used in subsequent core calculations. Repeated pins/coolant rings will be built, followed by the non-pins like duct/intercoolant pinComponentsRing1 | coolant | pinComponentsRing2 | coolant | ... | nonpins ... This converter expects the ``sourceBlock`` and ``driverFuelBlock`` to defined and for the ``sourceBlock`` to have a spatial grid defined. Additionally, both the ``sourceBlock`` and ``driverFuelBlock`` must be instances of HexBlocks. """ def __init__( self, sourceBlock, driverFuelBlock=None, numExternalRings=None, mergeIntoClad=None, quiet=False, ): BlockAvgToCylConverter.__init__( self, sourceBlock, driverFuelBlock=driverFuelBlock, numExternalRings=numExternalRings, quiet=quiet, ) if not isinstance(sourceBlock, blocks.HexBlock): raise TypeError( "Block {} is not hexagonal and cannot be converted to an equivalent cylinder".format( sourceBlock ) ) if sourceBlock.spatialGrid is None: raise ValueError( f"{sourceBlock} has no spatial grid attribute, therefore " f"the block conversion with {self.__class__.__name__} cannot proceed." ) if driverFuelBlock is not None: if not isinstance(driverFuelBlock, blocks.HexBlock): raise TypeError( "Block {} is not hexagonal and cannot be converted to an equivalent cylinder".format( driverFuelBlock ) ) self.pinPitch = sourceBlock.getPinPitch() self.mergeIntoClad = mergeIntoClad or [] self.interRingComponent = sourceBlock.getComponent(Flags.COOLANT, exact=True) self._remainingCoolantFillArea = self.interRingComponent.getArea() if not self.interRingComponent: raise ValueError( "Block {} cannot be converted to rings without a `coolant` component".format( sourceBlock ) )
[docs] def convert(self): """Perform the conversion.""" runLog.info( "Converting representative block {} to its equivalent cylindrical model".format( self._sourceBlock ) ) self._dissolveComponents() numRings = self._sourceBlock.spatialGrid.getMinimumRings( self._sourceBlock.getNumPins() ) pinComponents, nonPins = self._classifyComponents() self._buildFirstRing(pinComponents) for ring in range(2, numRings + 1): self._buildNthRing(pinComponents, ring) self._buildNonPinRings(nonPins) self._addDriverFuelRings() return self.convertedBlock
[docs] def _dissolveComponents(self): # always merge wire into coolant. self.dissolveComponentIntoComponent("wire", "coolant") # update coolant area to fill in wire area that was left behind. self.interRingComponent = self._sourceBlock.getComponent( Flags.COOLANT, exact=True ) self._remainingCoolantFillArea = self.interRingComponent.getArea() # do user-input merges for componentName in self.mergeIntoClad: self.dissolveComponentIntoComponent(componentName, "clad")
[docs] def _classifyComponents(self): """ Figure out which components are in each pin ring and which are not. Assumption is that anything with multiplicity equal to numPins is a pin (clad, wire, bond, etc.) Non-pins will include things like coolant, duct, interduct, whatever else. """ pinComponents, nonPins = [], [] for c in self._sourceBlock: if ( self._sourceBlock.getNumComponents(c.p.flags) == self._sourceBlock.getNumPins() ): pinComponents.append(c) elif ( c.name != "coolant" ): # coolant is addressed in self.interRingComponent nonPins.append(c) return list(sorted(pinComponents)), nonPins
[docs] def _buildFirstRing(self, pinComponents): """Add first ring of components to new block.""" newComps = copy.deepcopy(pinComponents) for c in newComps: c.setName(c.name + " 1") c.setDimension("mult", 1.0) # first ring will have dims of 1 pin self.convertedBlock.add(c)
[docs] def _buildNthRing(self, pinComponents, ringNum): # pylint: disable=too-many-locals """ Build nth ring of pins and add them to block. Each n-th ring is preceded with a circle of coolant between the previous ring and this one. Since we blended the wire and coolant, the area of this area is supposed to include the wire area. This will be a fuel (or control) meat surrounded on both sides by clad, bond, liner, etc. layers. """ numPinsInRing = self._sourceBlock.spatialGrid.getPositionsInRing(ringNum) pinRadii = [c.getDimension("od") / 2.0 for c in pinComponents] bigRingRadii = radiiFromRingOfRods( self.pinPitch * (ringNum - 1), numPinsInRing, pinRadii ) nameSuffix = " {}".format(ringNum) coolantOD = bigRingRadii[0] * 2.0 self._addCoolantRing(coolantOD, nameSuffix) innerDiameter = coolantOD compsToTransformIntoRings = pinComponents[::-1] + pinComponents[1:] for i, (bcs, bigRingRadius) in enumerate( zip(compsToTransformIntoRings, bigRingRadii[1:]) ): outerDiameter = bigRingRadius * 2.0 name = bcs.name + nameSuffix + str(i) bigComponent = self._addSolidMaterialRing( bcs, innerDiameter, outerDiameter, name ) self.convertedBlock.add(bigComponent) innerDiameter = outerDiameter
[docs] def _buildNonPinRings(self, nonPins): """ Throw each non-pin component on as an individual outer circle. Also needs to add final coolant layer between the outer pins and the non-pins. Will crash if there are things that are not circles or hexes. """ # fill in the last ring of coolant using the rest coolInnerDiam = self.convertedBlock[-1].getDimension("od") coolantOD = getOuterDiamFromIDAndArea( coolInnerDiam, self._remainingCoolantFillArea ) self._addCoolantRing(coolantOD, " outer") innerDiameter = coolantOD for i, hexagon in enumerate(sorted(nonPins)): outerDiam = getOuterDiamFromIDAndArea( innerDiameter, hexagon.getArea() ) # conserve area of hex. name = hexagon.name + " {}".format(i) circularHexagon = self._addSolidMaterialRing( hexagon, innerDiameter, outerDiam, name ) self.convertedBlock.add(circularHexagon) innerDiameter = outerDiam
[docs] @staticmethod def _addSolidMaterialRing(baseComponent, innerDiameter, outDiameter, name): circle = components.Circle( name, baseComponent.material, baseComponent.temperatureInC, baseComponent.temperatureInC, id=innerDiameter, od=outDiameter, mult=1, ) circle.setNumberDensities(baseComponent.getNumberDensities()) return circle
[docs] def _addCoolantRing(self, coolantOD, nameSuffix): innerDiam = self.convertedBlock[-1].getDimension("od") irc = self.interRingComponent interRing = components.Circle( irc.name + nameSuffix, irc.material, irc.temperatureInC, irc.temperatureInC, od=coolantOD, id=innerDiam, mult=1, ) interRing.setNumberDensities(irc.getNumberDensities()) self.convertedBlock.add(interRing) self._remainingCoolantFillArea -= interRing.getArea()
[docs]def getOuterDiamFromIDAndArea(ID, area): """Return the outer diameter of an annulus with given inner diameter (ID) and area.""" return math.sqrt(ID ** 2.0 + 4.0 * area / math.pi) # from A = pi *(d ** 2)/4.0
[docs]def radiiFromHexPitches(pitches): """Return list of radii for equivalent-area circles from list of from hexagon flat-to-flat pitches.""" return [x * math.sqrt(SIN60 / math.pi) for x in pitches]
[docs]def radiiFromHexSides(sideLengths): """Return list of radii for equivalent-area circles from list of from hexagon side lengths.""" return [x * math.sqrt(3.0 * SIN60 / math.pi) for x in sideLengths]
[docs]def radiiFromRingOfRods(distToRodCenter, numRods, rodRadii, layout="hexagon"): """ Return list of radii from ring of rods. Parameters ---------- distToRodCenter : float Distance from center of assembly to center of pin. numRods : int Number of rods in the ring of rods rodRadii : list Radii from smallest to largest. Outer radius becomes inner radius of next component. Returns ------- radiiList : list List of radii from inner to outer. Components are added on both sides. Notes ----- There are two assumptions when making circles: 1) the rings are concentric about the radToRodCenter; 2) the ring area of the fuel rods are distributed to the inside and outside rings with the same thickness. thicknessOnEachSide (t) is calculated as follows: r1 = inner rad that thickness is added to on inside r2 = outer rad that thickness is added to on outside radToRodCenter = (r1 + r2) / 2.0 due to being concentric; Total Area = Area of annulus 1 + Area of annulus 2 Area of annulus 1 = pi * r1 ** 2 - pi * (r1 - t) ** 2 Area of annulus 2 = pi * (r2 + t) ** 2 - pi * r2 ** 2 Solving for thicknessOnEachSide(t): t = Total Area / (4 * pi * radToRodCenter) """ if layout == "polygon": alpha = 2.0 * math.pi / float(numRods) radToRodCenter = distToRodCenter * math.sqrt(math.sin(alpha) / alpha) elif layout == "hexagon": if numRods % 6: raise ValueError("numRods ({}) must be a multiple of 6.".format(numRods)) sideLengthOfBigHex = distToRodCenter # for equilateral triangle radToRodCenter = radiiFromHexSides([sideLengthOfBigHex])[0] else: raise ValueError("Invalid layout {}".format(layout)) radiiFromRodCenter = [] rLast = bigRLast = 0.0 for rodRadius in rodRadii: area = math.pi * (rodRadius ** 2.0 - rLast ** 2.0) * float(numRods) thicknessOnEachSide = area / (4 * math.pi * radToRodCenter) distFromCenterComp = bigRLast + thicknessOnEachSide radiiFromRodCenter.append(radToRodCenter + distFromCenterComp) radiiFromRodCenter.append( radToRodCenter - distFromCenterComp ) # build thickness on both sides rLast, bigRLast = rodRadius, distFromCenterComp return sorted(radiiFromRodCenter)