Analog computer study of the transient performance of a dual-cycle boiling-water-reactor nuclear power plant

As the complexity of multiloop systems increases, the prediction of their transient performance with the use of conventional linear analytical methods becomes quite difficult. In those cases in which each loop of the system contains several nonlinearities, the application of analog computer techniques becomes an attractive method in the solution of transient performance problems. This paper presents a résumé of an analog computer study of the transient performance of such a complex nonlinear system as represented by a dual-cycle boiling-water-reactor nuclear power plant.