Title of article
AxialoffsetcontrolofPWRnuclearreactorcoreusingintelligenttechniquesOriginalResearchArticle
Author/Authors
MehrdadBoroushaki، نويسنده , , MohammadB.Ghofrani، نويسنده , , CaroLucas، نويسنده , , MohammadJ.Yazdanpanah، نويسنده , , NasserSadati، نويسنده ,
Issue Information
روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2004
Pages
16
From page
285
To page
300
Abstract
ImprovedloadfollowingcapabilityisoneofthemaintechnicalperformancesofadvancedPWR(APWR).Controllingthenuclearreactorcoreduringloadfollowingoperationencounterssomedifficulties.Thesedifficultiesmainlyarisefromnuclearreactorcorelimitationsinlocalpowerpeaking,whilethecoreissubjecttolargeandsharpvariationoflocalpowerdensityduringtransients.Axialoffset(AO)istheparameterusuallyusedtorepresentofcorepowerpeaking,informofapracticalparameter.Thispaper,proposesanewintelligentapproachtoAOcontrolofPWRnuclearreactorscoreduringloadfollowingoperation.Thismethodusesaneuralnetworkmodelofthecoretopredictthedynamicbehaviorofthecoreandafuzzycriticbasedontheoperatorknowledgeandexperienceforthepurposeofdecision-makingduringloadfollowingoperations.Simulationresultsshowthatthismethodcanuseoptimumcontrolrodgroupsmaneuverwithvariableoverlappingandmayimprovethereactorloadfollowingcapability.
Journal title
Nuclear Engineering and Design Eslah
Serial Year
2004
Journal title
Nuclear Engineering and Design Eslah
Record number
894659
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