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Title: Fault detection system for Argentine Research Reactor instrumentation

Abstract

The design and implementation of a redundancy management scheme for the on-line detection and isolation of faulty sensors is presented. Such a device is potentially useful in reactor-powered spacecraft for enhancing the processing capabilities of the main computer. The fault detection device can be used as an integral part of intelligent instrumentation systems. The device has been built using an 8-bit microcontroller and commercially available electronic hardware. The software is completely portable. The operation of this device has been successfully demonstrated for real-time validation of sensor data on Argentina's RA-1 Research Reactor.

Authors:
 [1];  [2];  [3]
  1. Argentine Navy, Comodoro Py 2055 Office 11-93, 1104 - Buenos Aires (Argentina)
  2. Nuclear Reactor Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 138 Albany Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139 (United States)
  3. 205 Mechanical Engineering Department, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802 (United States)
Publication Date:
OSTI Identifier:
5587115
Report Number(s):
CONF-930103-
Journal ID: ISSN 0094-243X; CODEN: APCPCS
Resource Type:
Conference
Journal Name:
AIP Conference Proceedings (American Institute of Physics); (United States)
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 271:3; Conference: 10. symposium on space nuclear power and propulsion, Albuquerque, NM (United States), 10-14 Jan 1993; Journal ID: ISSN 0094-243X
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
21 SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS; 22 GENERAL STUDIES OF NUCLEAR REACTORS; RA-1 REACTOR; REACTOR CONTROL SYSTEMS; COMPUTERIZED CONTROL SYSTEMS; ALGORITHMS; DEFECTS; DESIGN; DETECTION; ARGONAUT TYPE REACTORS; CONTROL SYSTEMS; ENRICHED URANIUM REACTORS; MATHEMATICAL LOGIC; ON-LINE CONTROL SYSTEMS; ON-LINE SYSTEMS; REACTORS; RESEARCH AND TEST REACTORS; TRAINING REACTORS; WATER COOLED REACTORS; WATER MODERATED REACTORS; 220600* - Nuclear Reactor Technology- Research, Test & Experimental Reactors; 220400 - Nuclear Reactor Technology- Control Systems

Citation Formats

Polenta, H P, Bernard, J A, and Ray, A. Fault detection system for Argentine Research Reactor instrumentation. United States: N. p., 1993. Web.
Polenta, H P, Bernard, J A, & Ray, A. Fault detection system for Argentine Research Reactor instrumentation. United States.
Polenta, H P, Bernard, J A, and Ray, A. 1993. "Fault detection system for Argentine Research Reactor instrumentation". United States.
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title = {Fault detection system for Argentine Research Reactor instrumentation},
author = {Polenta, H P and Bernard, J A and Ray, A},
abstractNote = {The design and implementation of a redundancy management scheme for the on-line detection and isolation of faulty sensors is presented. Such a device is potentially useful in reactor-powered spacecraft for enhancing the processing capabilities of the main computer. The fault detection device can be used as an integral part of intelligent instrumentation systems. The device has been built using an 8-bit microcontroller and commercially available electronic hardware. The software is completely portable. The operation of this device has been successfully demonstrated for real-time validation of sensor data on Argentina's RA-1 Research Reactor.},
doi = {},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/5587115}, journal = {AIP Conference Proceedings (American Institute of Physics); (United States)},
issn = {0094-243X},
number = ,
volume = 271:3,
place = {United States},
year = {Wed Jan 20 00:00:00 EST 1993},
month = {Wed Jan 20 00:00:00 EST 1993}
}

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