Advanced digital PWR plant protection system based on optimal estimation theory

Technical Report · Wed Apr 01 00:00:00 EST 1981

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/6550694· OSTI ID:6550694

Tylee, J. L.

An advanced plant protection system for the Loss-of-Fluid Test (LOFT) reactor plant is described and evaluated. The system, based on a Kalman filter estimator, is capable of providing on-line estimates of such critical variables as fuel and cladding temperature, departure from nucleate boiling ratio, and maximum linear heat generation rate. The Kalman filter equations are presented, as is a description of the LOFT plant dynamic model inherent in the filter. Simulation results demonstrate the performance of the advanced system.

• Research Organization: Idaho National Lab. (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC07-76IDO1570
• OSTI ID: 6550694
• Report Number(s): EGG-2097; TRN: 81-009226
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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