Browsing by Author "Levchenko, Larysa"

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    Identifying Regularities in the Propagation of Air Ions in Rooms with Artificial Air Ionization
    (PC TECHNOLOGY CENTER, 2023) Levchenko, Larysa; Burdeina, Nataliia; Glyva, Valentyn; Kasatkina, Natalia; Biliaiev, Mykola M.; Biliaieva, Viktoriia V.; Tykhenko, Oksana; Petrunok, Tetiana; Biruk, Yana; Bogatov, Oleg
    ENG: The object of the study is the dynamics of air ion spread in rooms from the source of artificial air ionization under different starting conditions. There is currently the problem of distribution of air ions in the room with regulatory concentrations in all critical zones. An effective method of ensuring proper air ion concentrations is to model their propagation from ionization sources. Existing approaches to calculating the dynamics of air ions of both polarities have been improved in this study. Unlike known solutions, the impact on their concentration of electrostatic field and the interaction of air ions with suspended particles was taken into account. A model of air ion propagation in rooms with artificial air ionization and the principles of its numerical modeling was built. The use of Laplace Equation in the aerodynamic model instead of the Navier-Stokes equation for the potential of the flow rate has made it possible to design an "Ion 3D" tool, which reduces the time of implementation of one scenario from several hours to 7 seconds. Modeling of the propagation of air ions of both polarities in the room under different initial conditions was carried out. Two-dimensional and three-dimensional models with their visualization was implemented. The peculiarity of the resulting models is that they make it possible to determine the concentrations of air ions in any section of the room by three coordinates. Given this, the rapid selection of the variants of the source data makes it possible to achieve the normative values of concentrations of air ions in the area of breathing – exceeding 500 cm-3 of each polarity. Simulation makes it possible to design a room in which, under the condition of artificial ionization of air, the concentrations of air ions close to the optimal values of 3000–5000 cm-3 are provided.
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    Methodology for Modeling the Spread of Radioactive Substances in Case of an Emergency Release at a Nuclear Power Plant
    (National Technical University «Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute», Kharkiv, 2023) Levchenko, Larysa; Biliaiev, Mykola M.; Biliaieva, Viktoriia V.; Ausheva, Nataliia; Tykhenko, Oksana
    ENG: The methodology for modeling the propagation of accidental releases of radionuclides from a power unit of a nuclear power plant has been developed. The calculation method takes into account the most critical factors propagation cloud - wind direction and speed, the intensity of the release radionuclides change: semi-continuous release, long-term release, instantaneous release. Diffuse processes and the presence of interference in the form of buildings were also taken into account. To solve the modeling equation of the aerodynamic model, the velocity potential equation is solved. The use of this equation instead of the traditional Novier-Stokes equation makes it possible to rationalize the calculation process in terms of the speed obtaining simulated data. To build a numerical model, a rectangular difference grid is used. The velocity potential and the quantities values of volumetric activity are determined at the centers of difference cells. The value of the airflow velocity vector component is determined on the sides of the difference cells. A finite-difference splitting scheme is used for numerical integration of the equation convective-diffusion transfer radionuclides. A computer code was developed on the basis of the constructed numerical model, the programming language Fortran was used. The approach used makes it possible to reduce the time for obtaining one scenario of an accident development. The cloud propagation dynamics determining is carried out almost in real time. This allows you to quickly respond to changing situations and make adequate decisions.
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    Modeling the Distribution of Emergency Release Products at a Nuclear Power Plant Unit
    (Національний технічний університет "Харківський політехнічний інститут", 2024) Biliaieva, Viktoriia V.; Levchenko, Larysa; Myshchenko, Iryna; Tykhenko, Oksana; Kozachyna, Vitalii A.
    ENG: Despite the fact that much attention is paid to the safe operation of nuclear power plants, there is a possibility of an accident with the release of radionuclides. This is especially true in Ukraine, where there is a threat of the damage to nuclear reactors as a result of military operations. It is impossible to research the distribution of products emergency releases radioactive substances in laboratory conditions. Therefore, the only tool for the development predicting of an accident is the modeling the spread of a radionuclides cloud. The purpose of the research is a modeling the distribution of emergency release products in a nuclear power plant unit, suitable for the operative assessment of a development an accident. Results of the research: The mathematical model of the distribution emission products of a nuclear power plant has been developed, which takes into account the value of the initial activity of emission products, the rate of the settling radioactive particles, the wind speed components, the intensity changes radionuclide emission over time. The technique for solving the boundary value problem of modeling in conditions of a complex shape of the computational domain, taking into account the presence of obstacles to the spread of emission products has been developed. The use of the velocity potential equation in evolutionary form allows us to speed up the calculation process. The chosen splitting scheme of an alternating-triangular method allows to find the speed potential according to the explicit form at each splitting step. This allowed software implementation of the CFD model. The visualized models of the emission cloud distribution allow to determine the radiation situation in any place of the emission product distribution zone. The developed model makes it possible to quickly predict the development of an accident in space and time, which makes it possible to take measures to protect people from exposure in the shortest possible time. Conclusions: The obtained emission cloud propagation models and their visualization make it possible to determine the state of environmental pollution under various initial conditions during the development of the accident.