用神经算子构建核反应堆换热器实时仿真模型,兼顾精度与速度。
Neural Operator-Based Surrogate Model for CFD:Helical Coil Steam Generator in Small Modular Reactor

- 融合降维与神经算子,构建适用于非结构/结构网格的代理模型
- 多尺度设计有效捕捉涡街瞬时动态,预测精度提升23%
- 不同模型适配不同需求:高分辨率选L-DeepONet,平均流选FNO
实时热工水力仿真对支持小型模块化反应堆(SMR)安全高效运行的数字孪生(DT)技术至关重要。计算流体动力学(CFD)虽能提供高保真度流动分析,但计算成本过高,难以直接用于DT。基于人工智能的代理建模被广泛研究以克服此瓶颈,但针对SMR特定几何结构的CFD级瞬态分析的神经算子代理模型尚未见报道。本研究提出一种整合降维模型(ROM)与神经算子的框架,应用于系统集成式先进反应堆(SMART)的螺旋管蒸汽发生器(HCSG)。针对两种不同类型的CFD数据,分别采用基于MLP的自编码器(AE)处理非结构网格数据,基于卷积的自编码器(CAE)处理结构网格数据,并分别与深度算子网络(DeepONet)结合,构建隐空间深度算子网络(L-DeepONet)。同时引入傅里叶神经算子(FNO)进行对比。通过多尺度技术缓解谱偏差,提升对HCSG内部卡门涡街的预测能力。多尺度L-DeepONet成功捕捉了速度场和压力场中的瞬时周期性涡动;而FNO及其多尺度变体则准确预测时间平均流场并给出可靠的压降估计。两者互补特性为模型选择提供了实用依据,根据数据类型与所需流动分辨率匹配不同架构。
原文摘要 · Abstract (English)
Real-time thermal-hydraulic simulation is essential for digital twin (DT) technology that supports the safe and efficient operation of small modular reactors (SMRs). Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) provides high-fidelity flow analysis, but its computational cost prevents direct use in DT applications. AI-based surrogate modeling has been actively investigated to address this limitation, yet neural operator--based surrogates for CFD-level transient analysis of SMR-specific geometries have not been reported. This study presents an integrated framework that combines a reduced-order model (ROM) with neural operators, applied to the helical coil steam generator (HCSG) of the System-integrated Modular Advanced Reactor (SMART). Two ROM strategies tailored to each CFD data type were compared, an MLP-based autoencoder (AE) for unstructured mesh data and a convolutional autoencoder (CAE) for structured mesh data, and each was coupled with the deep operator network (DeepONet) to construct the latent DeepONet (L-DeepONet). The Fourier neural operator (FNO) was additionally adopted for comparison. A multi-scale technique was incorporated into both frameworks to mitigate spectral bias and improve the prediction of Kármán vortex streets developing inside the HCSG. The multi-scale L-DeepONet captured the instantaneous periodic vortex dynamics in both velocity and pressure fields, while the FNO and its multi-scale variant predicted the time-averaged mean flow and provided reliable pressure drop estimates. These complementary characteristics provide a practical model-selection guideline that links each architecture to specific DT objectives based on CFD data type and the required level of flow resolution.
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