Expert system for surveillance and diagnosis of breach fuel elements
Abstract
An apparatus and method are disclosed for surveillance and diagnosis of breached fuel elements in a nuclear reactor. A delayed neutron monitoring system provides output signals indicating the delayed neutron activity and age and the equivalent recoil area of a breached fuel element. Sensors are used to provide outputs indicating the status of each component of the delayed neutron monitoring system. Detectors also generate output signals indicating the reactor power level and the primary coolant flow rate of the reactor. The outputs from the detectors and sensors are interfaced with an artificial intelligence-based knowledge system which implements predetermined logic and generates output signals indicating the operability of the reactor. 2 figs.
- Inventors:
- Issue Date:
- Research Org.:
- Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 6343840
- Patent Number(s):
- 7146559
- Application Number:
- ON: DE89010886
- Assignee:
- Dept. of Energy
- Patent Classifications (CPCs):
-
G - PHYSICS G06 - COMPUTING G06F - ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-31109-ENG-38
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: Portions of this document are illegible in microfiche products
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 22 GENERAL STUDIES OF NUCLEAR REACTORS; REACTOR MONITORING SYSTEMS; DESIGN; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; EXPERT SYSTEMS; FLOW RATE; FLOWSHEETS; FUEL ELEMENTS; HEAT TRANSFER; HYDRAULICS; INVENTIONS; NEUTRON MONITORS; REACTOR COOLING SYSTEMS; COOLING SYSTEMS; DIAGRAMS; ENERGY SYSTEMS; ENERGY TRANSFER; FLUID MECHANICS; MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; MECHANICS; MONITORS; RADIATION MONITORS; REACTOR COMPONENTS; 220300* - Nuclear Reactor Technology- Fuel Elements
Citation Formats
Gross, K. C. Expert system for surveillance and diagnosis of breach fuel elements. United States: N. p., 1988.
Web.
Gross, K. C. Expert system for surveillance and diagnosis of breach fuel elements. United States.
Gross, K. C. Thu .
"Expert system for surveillance and diagnosis of breach fuel elements". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/6343840.
@article{osti_6343840,
title = {Expert system for surveillance and diagnosis of breach fuel elements},
author = {Gross, K. C.},
abstractNote = {An apparatus and method are disclosed for surveillance and diagnosis of breached fuel elements in a nuclear reactor. A delayed neutron monitoring system provides output signals indicating the delayed neutron activity and age and the equivalent recoil area of a breached fuel element. Sensors are used to provide outputs indicating the status of each component of the delayed neutron monitoring system. Detectors also generate output signals indicating the reactor power level and the primary coolant flow rate of the reactor. The outputs from the detectors and sensors are interfaced with an artificial intelligence-based knowledge system which implements predetermined logic and generates output signals indicating the operability of the reactor. 2 figs.},
doi = {},
journal = {},
number = ,
volume = ,
place = {United States},
year = {Thu Jan 21 00:00:00 EST 1988},
month = {Thu Jan 21 00:00:00 EST 1988}
}