Dr.-Ing. und Dipl.-Phys. Carsten Lange

Mitarbeit in Gremien

• Mitglied der Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Betriebs- und Sicherheitsfragen von Forschungsreaktoren (AFR) im Deutschen Atomforum e.V. (DatF)

Tätigkeitsschwerpunkte

Aufbau der Forschungsgruppe Reaktordynamik

Lehre

• Kernreaktorpraktikum
• Vorlesung „Reaktorphysik“
• Vorlesung „Reaktordynamik“
• Vorlesung „Reaktorphysikalische Aspekte“
• Betreuung von Studien-, Diplom- und Doktorarbeiten auf dem Gebiet Reaktordynamik
• In Ausarbeitung: „Nichtlineare Stabilitätsanalyse Dynamischer Systeme“
• In Ausarbeitung: „Anwendung von Methoden der Modellordnungsreduktion zur Modellierung dynamischer Systeme“

Forschung

• Betrieb des Ausbildungskernreaktors (AKR-2)  und des Strahlenmesstechnik-Labors (Betriebsleiter, Strahlenschutzbeauftragter , Kernmaterialbeauftragter, Kerntechnischer Sicherheitsbeauftragter)
• Anwendung von Methoden der nichtlinearen Dynamik auf reaktorphysikalische Problemstellungen, insbesondere das nichtlineare Stabilitätsverhalten von Siedewasser-reaktoren als Teilgebiet der Reaktordynamik
• Reaktordynamische Aspekte der Modellordnungs-reduktion dynamischer Systeme
• Nichtinvasive Zustandsüberwachung von Kernreaktoren zur Detektion von Füllstandsänderungen und der Deformation des Kerns
• Vertiefte Untersuchungen zu DWR-Leistungs-schwankungen mit erhöhter Amplitude
• Entwicklung und Anwendung von Modellen reduzierter Ordnung für Online-Überwachungssysteme
• Anwendung von Rauschanalysetechniken zur Charakterisierung des kritischen und unterkritischen Kernzustandes bei schweren Störfällen

Wissenschaftliche Biographie

Publikationen

Stability Analysis of a One-dimensional Multiphysics Model of a Molten Salt Fast Reactor
Kraus, M., Viebach, M., Lange, C. & Hurtado Gutierrez, A.,
PHYSOR 2022, 15 - 20 May 2022, Pittsburgh, PA, USA

Mechanical model for the motion of RPV internals affecting neutron flux noise
Bläsius, C., Herb, J., Sievers, J., Knospe, A., Viebach, M., Lange, C.
(2022) Annals of Nuclear Energy, 176, art. no. 109243
Doi: 10.1016/2022.109243

Verification of the code DYN3D for calculations of neutron flux fluctuations
 M.Viebach, C.Lange, S.Kliem, C.Demazière, U.Rohde, D.Hennig, A.Hurtado
Annals of Nuclear Energy 166, 2022
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anucene.2021.108735

Utilizing very low flux nuclear reactors for neutron imaging
Hübscher R., Bernt N., Lange C.
in DN 2020 German Neutron Scattering Conference 2020, Munich, Germany, December 09.-10, 2020

Investigation on PWR Neutron Noise Patterns
Marco Viebach, Carsten Lange, Antonio Hurtado
atw Vol 65 (2020) Issue 6/7, pp. 344-347, Paper                                                                              
Neutron Noise Patterns from Coupled Fuel Assembly Vibrations
Viebach, M., Lange, C., Seidl, M., Bilodid, Y., Hurtado, A.
PHYSOR 2020, 29.03. – 02.04.2020, Cambridge (United Kingdom), ISBN: 978-1-5272-6447-2
Link

Experimental determination of the zero power reactor transfer function of the
AKR-2
S. Hübner, A. Knospe, M. Viebach, C. Lange, A. Hurtado
PHYSOR 2020, 29.03. – 02.04.2020, Cambridge (United Kingdom)
ISBN: 978-1-5272-6447-2, Link

The Low Flux Neutron Source AKR-2
Bernt N., Hübscher R., Lange C.
in Experts Meeting on fast Neutron Imaging 2019, MLZ-Garching, Germany, 
October 21, 2019

First Steps in Neutron Imaging at the Very Low Flux Facility AKR-2
Hübscher R., Bernt N., Lange C.
in Experts Meeting on fast Neutron Imaging 2019, MLZ-Garching, Germany, October 21, 2019

A Comparison between time domain and frequency domain calculations of stationary neutron fluctuations
Viebach M., Lange C., Kliem S., Demazière C., Rohde U., Hennig D. and Hurtado A.
M&C 2019, 25-29 August, 2019, Portland, Oregon, USA                                                       https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3567604 

Advanced natural circulation reduced order model with inclined channel for low pressure conditions
Manthey, R.; Knospe, A.; Lange, C.; Schuster, C.; Hurtado, A.:
ASME Journal of Nuclear Engineering and Radiation Science, 2019
Doi: 10.1115/1.4044846

Principles for the application of bifurcation theory for the systematic analysis of nuclear reactor stability, Part1: Theory
Dieter Hennig, Carsten Lange,  Rizwan-uddin, Abdelhamid Dokhane, Alexander Knospe,
Progress in Nuclear Energy, Volume 115, 2019, Pages 231-249, ISSN 0149-1970,
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pnucene.2019.02.009.
(http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0149197019300575)

Principles for the application of bifurcation theory for the systematic analysis of nuclear reactor stability, Part2: Application
Dieter Hennig,  Rizwan-uddin, Carsten Lange, Abdelhamid Dokhane, Alexander Knospe,
Progress in Nuclear Energy, Volume 113, 2019, Pages 263-280, ISSN 0149-1970
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pnucene.2019.01.009.
(http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0149197019300083)

Neutron imaging at the low flux training and research reactor AKR-2
C. Lange, N. Bernt
Nuclear Instruments and Methodes in Physics - Research Section A - Volume 941,
11. October 2019, Link 

Simulation of low-frequency PWR neutron flux fluctuations
M. Viebach, C. Lange, M. Seidl, N. Bernt, D. Hennig, A. Hurtado
Progress in Nuclear Energy 117, 2019 (Link)

On the influence of dynamical fuel assembly deflections on theneutron noise level
M. Viebach, N. Bernt, C. Lange, D. Hennig, A. Hurtado
Progress in Nuclear Energy 104, 32-46, 2018 (Link)

High brilliant thermal and cold moderator for the HBS neutron source project Jülich
T. Cronert, J. P. Dabruck, P. E. Doege, Y. Bessler, M. Klaus, M. Hofmann, P. Zakalek, U. Rücker, C. Lange, M. Butzek, W. Hansen, R. Nabbi and T. Brückel; Journal of Physics: VI European Conference on Neutron Scattering (ECNS2015) ; Conference Series 746 (2016) 012036

The HBS Project: A High Brilliance Neutron Source
Brückel, T. ; Rücker, U. ; Cronert, T. ; Zakalek, P. ; Gutberlet, T. ; Voigt, J. ; Bessler, Y. ; Butzek, M. ; Dabruck, J. P. ; Doege, P. ; Nabbi, R. ; Lange, C. ; Klaus, M.; Deutsche Neutronenstreutagung 2016, DN2016, University Kiel, Germany, 20 Sep 2016 - 22 Sep 2016.

Low dimensional thermal and cold finger moderator for the High Brilliance Neutron Source Jülich
Cronert, T. ; Brückel, T. ; Rücker, U.; Zakalek, P. ; Gutberlet, T. ; Voigt, J. ; Bessler, Y. ; Butzek, M. ; Dabruck, J. P. ; Doege, P. ; Nabbi, R. ; Lange, C. ; Klaus, M.; Deutsche Neutronenstreutagung 2016, DN2016, University Kiel, Germany, 20 Sep 2016 - 22 Sep 2016.

The Training and Research Reactor AKR-2
Lange C., Bernt N., Viebach M., Hurtado A.; A low flux neutron source; Deutsche Neutronenstreutagung 2016, DN2016, University Kiel, Germany, 20 Sep 2016 - 22 Sep 2016.

Low dimensional cold Moderator with ortho/para H2 ratio monitoring & control
Cronert, T. ; Brückel, T. ; Rücker, U.; Bessler, Y. ; Butzek, M. ; Dabruck, J. P. ; Doege, P. ; Nabbi, R. ; Lange, C.; Klaus, M.; UCANS VI - International Meeting of the Union for Compact Accelerator-Driven Neutron Sources, UCANS VI, Xi´an Jiaotong University, Xi´an, China, 25 Oct 2016 - 28 Oct 2016.

ON THE MECHANISMS OF LARGE AMPLITUDE POWER OSCILLATIONS IN BWRs
Lange C., Hennig D., Hurtado A.; Proceedings PHYSOR 2016; Sun Valley, Idaho, USA, May 1 – 5, 2016.

The Jülich High Brilliance Neutron Source Project
Thomas Gutberlet, Ulrich Rücker, Tobias Cronert, Jörg Voigt, Jan Philipp Dabruck, Paul-Emmanuel Doege, Jiri Ulrich, Rahim Nabbi, Yannick Beßler, Michael Butzek, Markus Büscher, Carsten Lange, Marcel Klaus, Thomas Brückel; The European Physical Journal Plus, 131, 19 2016.

Development of a moderator system for the High Brilliance Neutron Source project, Dabruck J. P., Cronert T., Rücker U., Nabbi R., Bessler Y., Butzek M., Lange C., Klaus M., Hansen W., Brückel T., UCANS-V; IL NUOVO CIMENTO 38 C (2015) 192.

THE TRAINING REACTOR AKR-2 OF THE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY DRESDEN AND ITS EXPERIMENTAL PROGRAMME FOR EDUCATION
Wolfgang Hansen, Carsten Lange, IAEA-Compendium, 2015.

HBS – A Highly Brilliant Neutron Source
Jan Philipp Dabruck, Tobias Cronert, Yannik Beßler, Ulrich Rücker, Carsten Lange, Michael Butzek, Wolfgang Hansen, Thomas Brückel, Rahim Nabbi, Bruno Thomauske à 5th International Meeting of Union for Compact Accelerator - Driven Neutron Sources', UCANS-V, Padova, Italy, 12. – 15. May 2015.

A NOVEL RESULT IN THE FIELD OF NONLINEAR STABILITY ANALYSIS OF BOILING WATER REACTORS
Carsten Lange; Dieter Hennig; Antonio Hurtado
International Journal of Bifurcation and Chaos, Science Publishing Group, 2014

Complex BWR dynamics from the bifurcation theory point of view
Carsten Lange, Dieter Hennig, Manuel Schulze, Antonio Hurtado
Annals of Nuclear Energy, Volume 67, May 2014, Pages 91-108  (mehr...) 

Special Issue: Advanced stability analysis for nuclear reactors
Dieter Hennig; Gumersindo Verdu; Christophe Demaziere; Carsten Lange;
Annals of Nuclear Energy, volume 67, Mai 2014, Elsevier (reviewed)  (more...)

Comments on the Application of Bifurcation Analysis in BWR Stability Analysis
C. Lange, D. Hennig, Manuel Schulze, A. Hurtado,
Progress in Nuclear Energy,  68, pp.1-15, 2013. (mehr...) 

A Saddle-Node Bifurcation of Cycles Found in the Parameter Space of a BWR
C. Lange, D. Hennig, A. Hurtado,
International Journal of Bifurcation and Chaos,  22, No. 2 2012.

Investigation of local BWR instabilities with a four heated-channel Reduced Order Model
V. Dykin, C. Demazière, C. Lange, D. Hennig,
Annals of Nuclear Energy, 53, 320-330, 2012. (Zusammenarbeit mit der Chalmers Universität Göteborg in Schweden)

Investigation of global and regional BWR instabilities with a four heated-channel Reduced Order Model
V. Dykin, C. Demazière, C. Lange, D. Hennig,
Annals of Nuclear Energy, 53, 381-400, April 2012. (Zusammenarbeit mit der Chalmers Universität Göteborg in Schweden)

On the possibility of a decay ratio jump under continuous parameter variation in a BWR
C. Lange, D. Hennig, A. Hurtado,
Annual Meeting on Nuclear Technology; Germany; Stuttgart, May 22-24, 2012.

SOME REMARKS TO APPLICATION OF BIFURCATION ANALYSIS IN BWR STABILITY ANALYSIS
C. Lange, D. Hennig, A. Hurtado,
PHYSOR 2012 – Advances in Reactor Physics – Linking Research, Industry, and Education Knoxville,
Tennessee, USA, April 15-20, 2012, on CD-ROM, American Nuclear Society, LaGrange Park, IL (2012).

Comments on Local Power Oscillation Phenomenon at BWRs
C. Lange, D. Hennig, A. Hurtado, V. Dykin, C. Demazière,
Progress in Nuclear Energy, 60, pp. 73–88, 2012. (Zusammenarbeit mit Chalmers Universität)

Remarks on Boiling water Reactor stability analysis - part 1: Theory
C. Lange, D. Hennig, A. Hurtado, R. Schuster, B. Lukas, C. Aguirre,
Kerntechnik, 77,5, 2012.  (Zusammenarbeit mit KKB, KKP, KKL(CH))

Remarks on Boiling water Reactor stability analysis - part 2: Stability Monitoring
C. Lange, D. Hennig, A. Hurtado, A.Schuster, B.Lukas, C.Aguirre,
Kerntechnik, 77,6, 2012. (Zusammenarbeit mit KKB, KKP, KKL (CH))

Local Power Oscillation Phenomenon at BWRs
C. Lange; D. Hennig; A. Hurtado;
Annual Meeting on Nuclear Technology; Germany; Berlin, May 17-19, 2011. Konferenz Paper 3 (JKTG2011)

An Advanced Reduced Order Model for BWR Stability Analysis
C. Lange, D. Hennig, A. Hurtado,
Progress in Nuclear Energy, 53, pp. 139–160, 2011.

SIMULATION OF LOCAL INSTABILITIES WITH THE USE OF REDUCED ORDER MODELS
V. Dykin; C. Demazière; C. Lange; D. Hennig;
International Conference on Mathematics and Computational Methods Applied to Nuclear Science and Engineering (M&C 2011); Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil, May 8-12, 2011, on CD-ROM. Konferenz Paper 2 (MC2011)

REMARKS TO THE LOCAL POWER OSCILLATION PHENOMENON AT BWRs
C. Lange; D. Hennig; A. Hurtado;
International Conference on Mathematics and Computational Methods Applied to Nuclear Science and Engineering (M&C 2011); Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil, May 8-12, 2011, on CD-ROM. Konferenz Paper 1 (MC2011)

Advanced nonlinear stability analysis of boiling water nuclear reactors
C. Lange
Ph.D. Dissertation; TU Dresden; Germany; 2009   Dissertation

A new approach for BWR stability analysis
C.Lange; D.Hennig; A.Hurtado;
Annual meeting on Nuclear Technology, Dresden; Mai 12 - 14; 2009   Paper 

Remarks to a novel nonlinear BWR stability analysis approach (RAM-ROM methodology)
C.Lange; D.Hennig; A.Hurtado;
Proceedings of ANFM IV (on CD-ROM, American Nuclear Society, LaGrange Park, IL);
April 12-15; Hilton Head Island, South Carolina; USA; 2009.   Paper 

In depth analysis of the nonlinear stability behavior of BWR-Systems
Carsten Lange, Dieter Hennig, Antonio Hurtado, Vicent Garcia i Llorens, Gumersindo Verdù
PHYSOR'08, 15-18 September 2008, Interlaken, Schweiz   Poster   

Methodology of nonlinear BWR stability analysis
C.Lange; D.Hennig; V.G.Llorens; G.Verdù;
1st Workshop on Advanced BWR Stability Analysis Valencia (Spain); October 22-23; 2007.

BWR Stability and Bifurcation analysis on the basis of system codes and reduced order models
C. Lange, D. Hennig, V. Garcia I Llorens and G. Verdu
Annual Meeting on Nuclear Technology 2007, May 22 - 24, 2007, Karlsruhe   Paper 

ADVANCED BWR STABILITY ANALYSIS WITH A REDUCED ORDER MODEL AND SYSTEM CODE
C. Lange, D. Hennig, V. Garcia I Llorens and G. Verdu
15th International Conference on Nuclear Engineering, Nagoya, Japan, April 22-26, 2007 Paper