Operational performance of the three bean salad control algorithm on the ACRR

Conference · Sat Jan 05 00:00:00 EST 1991 · AIP Conference Proceedings (American Institute of Physics); (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.40126· OSTI ID:5374383

Ball, R M; Madaras, J J ^[1]; Trowbridge, Jr, F R; Talley, D G; Parma, Jr, E J ^[2]

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1. B W Nuclear Technologies, Lynchburg, VA (USA)
2. Sandia National Laboratories, Albuqueque, NM (USA)

Experimental tests on the Annular Core Research Reactor have confirmed that the Three-Bean-Salad'' control algorithm based on the Pontryagin maximum principle can change the power of a nuclear reactor many decades with a very fast startup rate and minimal overshoot. The paper describes the results of simulations and operations up to 25 MW and 87 decades per minute.

• DOE Contract Number: AC04-76DP00789
• OSTI ID: 5374383
• Report Number(s): CONF-910116-; CODEN: APCPC
• Journal Information: AIP Conference Proceedings (American Institute of Physics); (United States), Vol. 217:2; Conference: 8. symposium on space nuclear power systems, Albuquerque, NM (United States), 6-10 Jan 1991; ISSN 0094-243X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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