| The purpose of this thesis is to provide an additional tool to researchers and system analysts for use in simulation, testing, and development of the secondary loop of a PWR nuclear power plant. This new tool is a coupling of LabVIEW and RELAP5 that has been created by using each code to model half of a PWR. By taking advantage of the strengths of both programs, a more powerful, adaptable, and user friendly system model is developed that links directly to the instrumentation of the system.;This work includes the development of the LabVIEW secondary loop model, the coupling methods for linking the two software packages, and a comparison of the secondary loop outputs to typical RELAP5 outputs as well as a third party source. |
