22.921 | January IAP 2006 | Graduate

Nuclear Power Plant Dynamics and Control

Readings

SES # TOPICS READINGS
L1 Introduction

Nuclear Power Plant Layout

Reactor Startup; Operation While Critical

Background Information on Control Engineering (PDF)

Nuclear Power Plant Layout (PDF)

Subcritical Multiplication and Reactor Startup (PDF - 3.2 MB)

L2 Reactor Operation at Power

Reactor Design Features

Basic Approaches to Process Control

Reactor Operation at Power (PDF - 3.3 MB)

Design Features of Reactor Control (PDF)

Approaches to Process Control (PDF)

Bernard, J. A. “Light Water Reactor Control Systems.” In Wiley Encyclopedia of Electrical and Electronics Engineering. Edited by J. G. Webster. New York, NY: Wiley-Interscience, 1999. ISBN: 9780471139461.

———. “Use of a Rule-Based System for Process Control.” IEEE Control Systems 8, no. 5 (October 1988): 3-13.

Lab Use of MIT Research Reactor (Instructors: E. Lau and F. Warmsley)  
L3 Reactivity Constraint Approach; Period Generated Control Controller System to Aid Diagnostics (PDF)

Bernard, J. A, A. F. Henry, and D. D. Lanning. “Application of the “Reactivity Constraint Approach” to Automatic Reactor Control.” Nuclear Science and Engineering 98 (1988): 87-95. (PDF - 2.4 MB) (c) J. A. Bernard.

Bernard, J. A., and D. D. Lanning. “Considerations in the Design and Implementation of Control Laws for the Digital Operation of Research Reactors.” Nuclear Science and Engineering 110 (1992): 425-444. (PDF - 5.2 MB) (c) J. A. Bernard.

L4 Light Water Reactor Startup Light-Water Reactor Startup/Shutdown (PDF)

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