A cascade control strategy for a space nuclear reactor system

被引:21
作者
Alvarez-Ramirez, J [1 ]
Puebla, H [1 ]
Espinosa, G [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Autonoma Metropolitana Iztapalapa, Dept Ingn Proc & Hidraul, Mexico City 09340, DF, Mexico
关键词
space nuclear reactor; point kinetics; cascade control; robust regulation; P1; control; tuning;
D O I
10.1016/S0306-4549(00)00036-0
中图分类号
TL [原子能技术]; O571 [原子核物理学];
学科分类号
0827 ; 082701 ;
摘要
This work presents a linear feedback control for the space nuclear reactor power system TOPAZ II. The point-kinetics approximation with six-delayed-neutron-group is used to represent the neutron field dynamics. A favorable choice of input control variables is demostrated, which leads to a cascade control configuration with two classical either PI or P controllers. The strategy is based on linearizing-like feedback control endowed with a modeling error estimator via a reduced order-observer. The effectiveness of the control law to the tracking of a given thermal power profile in the start-up regime and the tracking of a given electric power profile in the operation regime are illustrated via numerical simulations. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.
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页码:93 / 112
页数:20
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