NCSU pressurized water reactor physical simulator

Author

Caves, J.R. ; Miller, G.D. ; Wehring, B.W. ; Cornetti, R.W.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Nucl. Eng., North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh, NC, USA

Volume

36

Issue

5

fYear

1989

fDate

10/1/1989 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1690

Lastpage

1695

Abstract

A 1/9-linear-scale operating model of a nuclear power plant that has been designed and constructed at North Carolina State University is described. The thermal-hydraulic response of the simulator is driven by a physical system that has been scaled to model the operation of a commercial pressurized-water-reactor plant. Computers control power, flows, pressures, and levels; monitor 32 channels of analog input and 48 channels of digital status and simulate the action of plant protection systems. The loop instrumentation system and the data acquisition and control system are detailed, and the planned utilization of the model is described

Keywords

data acquisition; digital simulation; fission reactor instrumentation; nuclear engineering computing; nuclear power stations; power station computer control; 1/9-linear-scale operating model; NCSU pressurized water reactor physical simulator; PWR simulator; analog input; control system; data acquisition; flow control; level control; loop instrumentation system; plant protection systems; power control; pressure control; thermal-hydraulic response; Analog computers; Computational modeling; Computer simulation; Computerized monitoring; Inductors; Instruments; Power generation; Power system modeling; Power system protection; Pressure control;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9499

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/23.41130

Filename

41130