APPARATUS FOR AUTOMATIC REGULATION OF THE PERIOD OF ATOMIC REACTORS
An apparatus for automatically controlling the period of reactors is described. A detecting element, which measures the radiation intensity of the reactor, is arranged for movement by a servo-drive mechanism controlled by a program source according to a desired control program. The output signal of the detecting element is fed to a reference circuit, including an amplifier, for comparison with a reference signal. The resulting differential signal is further modified and amplified as may be required, and fed to the servo-drive of the control elements of the reactor, such as control rods, to cause movement of the control elements in a direction to cause a decrease in the differential signal. The reactor output thus varies in accordance with the movement of the detector element. When the detector element is moved along a path in which the intensity of the radiation varies exponentially with the position of the detecting element, the period of the reactor becomes a function of the velocity of the detecting element along that path. (M.C.G.)
- Research Organization:
- Originating Research Org. not identified
- NSA Number:
- NSA-18-004731
- Assignee:
- Zavody V.I. Lenina Plzen
- Patent Number(s):
- US 3112254
- OSTI ID:
- 4125326
- Resource Relation:
- Patent File Date: 1958 Feb 18; Other Information: Orig. Receipt Date: 31-DEC-64
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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