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Title: Wide-range nuclear reactor temperature control using automatically tuned fuzzy logic controller

Conference · · Transactions of the American Nuclear Society; (United States)
OSTI ID:6682575
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  1. Pennsylvania State Univ., University Park (United States)

In this paper, a fuzzy logic controller design for optimal reactor temperature control is presented. Since fuzzy logic controllers rely on an expert's knowledge of the process, they are hard to optimize. An optimal controller is used in this paper as a reference model, and a Kalman filter is used to automatically determine the rules for the fuzzy logic controller. To demonstrate the robustness of this design, a nonlinear six-delayed-neutron-group plant is controlled using a fuzzy logic controller that utilizes estimated reactor temperatures from a one-delayed-neutron-group observer. The fuzzy logic controller displayed good stability and performance robustness characteristics for a wide range of operation.

OSTI ID:
6682575
Report Number(s):
CONF-921102-; CODEN: TANSAO
Journal Information:
Transactions of the American Nuclear Society; (United States), Vol. 66; Conference: Joint American Nuclear Society (ANS)/European Nuclear Society (ENS) international meeting on fifty years of controlled nuclear chain reaction: past, present, and future, Chicago, IL (United States), 15-20 Nov 1992; ISSN 0003-018X
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English