A Beginner’s Guide to SaltProc

What does SaltProc do?

In a nutshell, SaltProc is an interface code for transport solvers with depletion capabilites that simulates chemical reprocessing of fuel. In general, there are two ways to simulate chemical fuel reprocessing: continuous, and batchwise. As an interface code, SaltProc uses a batchwise approach to simulate chemical fuel reprocessing. See Reprocessing Methods for further details on how this works.

How does it work?

SaltProc uses abstraction to represent chemical reprocessing components – hereon referred to as processes. These processes are linked together using a graph. SaltProc routes depleted materials through this graph and applies the respecive process at each node. See Reprocessing Methods for a more in-depth breakdown of this design.

What do I need to know?

If you are starting to work with SaltProc, there are a few things you should be familiar with:

• You should be comfortable with working in a command line environment.

• You should be familiar with at least one of the supported transport solvers.

See the list of supported codes for a list of currently supported transport solvers.