Reactor control rod timing system. [LMFBR]
Abstract
A fluid driven jet-edge whistle timing system is described for control rods of a nuclear reactor for producing real-time detection of the timing of each control rod in its scram operation. An important parameter in reactor safety, particularly for liquid metal fast breeder reactors (LMFBR), is the time deviation between the time the control rod is released and the time the rod actually reaches the down position. The whistle has a nearly pure tone signal with center frequency (above 100 kHz) far above the frequency band in which the energy of the background noise is concentrated. Each control rod can be fitted with a whistle with a different frequency so that there is no ambiguity in differentiating the signal from each control rod.
- Inventors:
- Issue Date:
- OSTI Identifier:
- 6620666
- Assignee:
- Dept. of Energy
- DOE Contract Number:
- AT(04-3)-893
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 22 GENERAL STUDIES OF NUCLEAR REACTORS; CONTROL ROD DRIVES; TIME MEASUREMENT; LMFBR TYPE REACTORS; CONTROL ELEMENTS; BREEDER REACTORS; EPITHERMAL REACTORS; FAST REACTORS; FBR TYPE REACTORS; LIQUID METAL COOLED REACTORS; REACTOR COMPONENTS; REACTORS; 220400* - Nuclear Reactor Technology- Control Systems
Citation Formats
Wu, P T.K. Reactor control rod timing system. [LMFBR]. United States: N. p., 1980.
Web.
Wu, P T.K. Reactor control rod timing system. [LMFBR]. United States.
Wu, P T.K. Tue .
"Reactor control rod timing system. [LMFBR]". United States.
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title = {Reactor control rod timing system. [LMFBR]},
author = {Wu, P T.K.},
abstractNote = {A fluid driven jet-edge whistle timing system is described for control rods of a nuclear reactor for producing real-time detection of the timing of each control rod in its scram operation. An important parameter in reactor safety, particularly for liquid metal fast breeder reactors (LMFBR), is the time deviation between the time the control rod is released and the time the rod actually reaches the down position. The whistle has a nearly pure tone signal with center frequency (above 100 kHz) far above the frequency band in which the energy of the background noise is concentrated. Each control rod can be fitted with a whistle with a different frequency so that there is no ambiguity in differentiating the signal from each control rod.},
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place = {United States},
year = {Tue Mar 18 00:00:00 EST 1980},
month = {Tue Mar 18 00:00:00 EST 1980}
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