Title of article :
DevelopmentofasupportingtoolforoptimalfuelmanagementinresearchreactorsusingartificialneuralnetworksOriginalResearchArticle
Author/Authors :
HakimMazrou، نويسنده , , MohamedHamadouche، نويسنده ,
Issue Information :
روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2006
Pages :
12
From page :
255
To page :
266
Abstract :
Thepresentworkinvestigatesanappropriatewaytosolvetheproblemofoptimizingfuelmanagementinresearchreactors.Acomputerprogramhasbeendeveloped,toautomatethisprocedure.Theprogramsuggestsanoptimalcoreconfiguration,whichsatisfiestoestablishedsafetyconstraints.Thesuggestedsolutionwasbasedupontheuseofcoupledmethodsinwhichastochastictechnique,simulatedannealing,andanadaptiveback-propagationneuralnetworkareconnectedtoeachother. Anobjectivefunctionwasdevelopedbasedontwoperformanceparameters:cyclelength,whichcanbedeterminedthroughtheevaluationoftheeffectivemultiplicationfactorKeffandpowerpeakingfactorPmax.ThesystemusesoptimizationofthesetwoparameterstofindsconfigurationsinwhichKeffismaximized,whetherapenaltyfunctionisappliedtolimitthevalueofPmaxwhichshouldbelowerthantheonegivenintheinitialconfiguration. Aseriesoftestshavebeenperformedusingamodifiedcoreconfigurationofthebenchmark10MWIAEALEU(lowenricheduranium)researchreactorandtheresultachievedistheoptimumconfigurationofthestudiedcore.
Journal title :
Nuclear Engineering and Design Eslah
Serial Year :
2006
Journal title :
Nuclear Engineering and Design Eslah
Record number :
895989
Link To Document :
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