An application of adjoint sensitivity method for the evaluation of sensitivity parameters of a point kinetics model

Adjoint Sensitivity Method was applied to a Point Kinetics Model to predict the change in system responses of peak power value and its time location due to the change in system parameters. In an ASM, the variation of system response was expressed as a simple algebraic integral form containing a base case, error distribution of system parameters and adjoint function. Adjoint function was obtained from the system adjoint to forward system. In this paper the change in system response caused by perturbed initial condition was calculated. The variation in peak power was calculated in good agreement with the direct simulation result