Investigation of Spatial Control Strategies with Application to Advanced Heavy Water Reactor

Ravindra Munje, Balasaheb Patre, Akhilanand Tiwari

• Publisher: Springer
• Year: 2017
• Print ISBN:
  9789811030130
• eBook ISBN:
  9789811030147
• Topic: Technology & Engineering
• Subtopic: Physics
• Index: Physics

This book examines the different spatial control techniques for regulation of spatial power distribution in advanced heavy water reactors (AHWR). It begins with a review of the literature pertinent to the modeling and control of large reactors. It also offers a nodal-core model based on finite difference approximation since the AHWR core is considered to be divided into 17 relatively large nodes. Further, it introduces a nonlinear model characterizing important thermal hydraulics parameters of AHWR and integrates it into the neutronics model to obtain a coupled neutronics-thermal hydraulics model of AHWR. The book also presents a vectorized nonlinear model of AHWR and implements it in MATLAB/Simulink environment. The model of the reactor is then linearized at the rated power and put into standard state variable form. It is characterized by 90 states, 5 inputs and 18 outputs. Lastly, it discusses control techniques for a nonlinear model of AHWR. This book will prove to be a valuable resource for professional engineers and implementation specialists, researchers and students. 

Table of contents

• Foreword
• Preface
• Contents
• About the Authors
• Acronyms
• Symbols
• List of Figures
• List of Tables
• 1 Introduction
• 2 Modeling of AHWR and Control by Static Output Feedback
• 3 State Feedback Control Using Pole Placement
• 4 State Feedback Control Using Linear Quadratic Regulator
• 5 Sliding Mode Control
• 6 Fast Output Sampling Technique
• 7 Periodic Output Feedback
• 8 Discrete-Time Sliding Mode Control
• 9 Comparison of Spatial Control Techniques
• Appendix A Two-Stage Design
• Appendix B Three-Stage Decomposition
• Appendix C Design of Output Injection Gain
• Appendix D Specifications and Error Indices