Title :
Digital control of a nuclear research reactor at low-power levels
Author :
Gray, J.O. ; de Melo, A.F.P.
Author_Institution :
University of Manchester Institute of Science & Technology, Department of Electrical Engineering, Manchester, UK
fDate :
3/1/1976 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
A computer control loop has been implemented for the regulation of the Universities´ Research Reactor at very-low-power levels where the reactor-signal dynamics can be represented by stationary stochastic distributions. Optimum mean-square-error compensators were derived using a numerical method and implemented on a PDP8E computer which controlled a high-speed stepping motor assembly in the reactor core.
Keywords :
control engineering applications of computers; digital control; nuclear reactors; computer control loop; digital control; nuclear research reactor; optimum mean square error compensators; very low power level;
Journal_Title :
Electrical Engineers, Proceedings of the Institution of
DOI :
10.1049/piee.1976.0061
