Design and reliability assessment of control systems for a nuclear-based hydrogen production plant with copper-chlorine thermochemical cycle

被引：12
作者：
Al-Dabbagh, Ahmad W. [1 ]
Lu, Lixuan [1 ]
机构：
[1] Univ Ontario, Inst Technol, Fac Engn & Appl Sci, Fac Energy Syst & Nucl Sci, Oshawa, ON L1H 7K4, Canada
来源：
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HYDROGEN ENERGY | 2010年 / 35卷 / 03期
关键词：
Copper-chlorine thermochemical cycle; Distributed control system; Reliability assessment; Hydrogen reactor; ENERGY; ETHERNET;
D O I：
10.1016/j.ijhydene.2009.11.099
中图分类号：
O64 [物理化学（理论化学）、化学物理学];
学科分类号：
070304 ; 081704 ;
摘要：
The thermochemical Copper-Chlorine (Cu-Cl) cycle is an emerging new method of nuclear-based hydrogen production. in the process, water is decomposed into hydrogen and oxygen through several physical and chemical processes. In this paper, a Distributed Control System (DCS) is designed for the thermochemical Cu-Cl cycle. The architecture and the communication networks of the DCS are discussed. Reliability of the DCS is assessed using fault trees. In the assessment, the impact of the malfunction of the actuators, sensors, controllers and communication networks on the overall system reliability is investigated. This provides key information for the selection of control system components, and determination of their inspection frequency and maintenance strategy. The hydrogen reactor unit, which is one of the major components in the thermochemical Cu-Cl cycle, is used to demonstrate the detailed design and analysis. (C) 2009 Professor T. Nejat Veziroglu. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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页码：966 / 977
页数：12
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