A discrete-time algorithm for nuclear reactor spatial control

DOI10.1016/0005-1098(85)90082-2MaRDI QIDQ1059589zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors M. Berka, D. B. Cherchas

Publication date 1985

Published in Automatica (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1016/0005-1098(85)90082-2

zbMATH Keywords

discrete-time control algorithmsdiscrete-time modal modelnuclear reactor space-time dynamics and controlproportional and integralstate feedback control algorithm

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Numerical optimization and variational techniques (65K10) Statistical mechanics of ferroelectrics (82D45) System identification (93B30) Nonlinear systems in control theory (93C10) Discrete-time control/observation systems (93C55)

Review text

A discrete-time modal model and discrete-time control algorithms for nuclear reactor space-time dynamics and control are developed. A bilinear continuous-time model is used for the development. This model, considering eight variables, is discretized with respect to time. The open-loop response is demonstrated to be unstable. A complete state feedback control algorithm is then determined for a base-load cycle such that the resulting system is stable. An incomplete state feedback algorithm for improving the stable response is proposed, that is, a proportional and integral (PI) control algorithm which uses only some of the measurable state variables. An alternate optimal control approach for improving the stable response is developed with the performance index being a function of the power deviation from a prescribed value. Performance indices for complete state feedback, PI controlled and optimally controlled response are computed and compared. Ten simulation tests are run for the latter two and it is found that the optimal control algorithm works better than the PI control algorithm at the cost of computational effort.

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