ILT20 – an Upgraded Computer Program for Evaluation of Accelerated Leach Test Data of LLW in the Hungarian NPP Paks

• Published in: Periodica polytechnica. Chemical engineering. Vol. 65; no. 4; pp. 550 - 558
• Main Authors: Pátzay, György, Nyőgér, János, Zsille, Ottó, Csurgai, József, Feil, Ferenc, Vass, Gyula, Kátai Urbán, Lajos, Dobor, József
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Budapest Periodica Polytechnica, Budapest University of Technology and Economics 26.08.2021
• Subjects: Accelerated tests; Algorithms; C++ (programming language); Computers; Finite difference method; Leaching; Low level radioactive wastes; Numerical methods; Partial differential equations; Programming environments
• ISSN: 0324-5853; 1587-3765; 1587-3765
• DOI: 10.3311/PPch.18137

Computer Program ILT15 was earlier developed to accompany a new leach test for solidified radioactive waste forms in the Hungarian NPP Paks. The program was designed to be used as a tool for performing the calculations necessary to analyze leach test data, a modelling program to determine if diffusion is the operating leaching mechanism (and, if not, to indicate other possible mechanisms), and a means to make extrapolations using the diffusion models. The program uses computational algorithm of ASTM C1308 standard. Now we have developed another computational algorithm based on a Partial Differential Equation (PDE) of a cylindrical specimen, solved the PDE by a Crank-Nicolson Finite Difference Method (FDM) and calculated by integration the eluted amount of a given component in time. The new solution more accurate method was integrated into the existing ILT15 computer program and the resulting new ILT20 program is able to calculate the Incremental/Cumulative Fraction Leached IFL/CFL) either by ASTM or PDE numerical solution methods.ILT20 program is written in C++ in the Borland C++ Builder programming environment. A detailed description of application of this upgraded modelling computer program is given.