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Title: Method and apparatus for measuring the position of regulating rods in a nuclear reactor

Abstract

A method and an apparatus for measuring the position of regulating rods in a nuclear reactor through the measure of a voltage appearing across the terminals of an induction coil fed by a constant current ac supply are described. Each regulating rod is interlocked with a control rod able to move along the longitudinal axis of said coil. The regulating rods are grouped into a plurality of groups in such a way that the said regulating rods are randomly distributed throughout the reactor so that no two regulating rods in the same group are located close to one another. The thus formed groups of regulating rods are energized in sequence, and the voltage appearing across the terminals of the coils of each group is measured during a time interval corresponding to the feeding time interval of that group. The voltage is then memorized for a time interval corresponding to the non-feeding time period of the group.

Inventors:
Publication Date:
OSTI Identifier:
5402663
Patent Number(s):
US 4201940
Assignee:
ACEC Ateliers De Constructions Electriques De Charleroi (Belgium)
Resource Type:
Patent
Resource Relation:
Patent Priority Date: Priority date 31 Jul 1975, Belgium; Other Information: PAT-APPL-917274
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
22 GENERAL STUDIES OF NUCLEAR REACTORS; REGULATING RODS; POSITIONING; COORDINATES; DISPLACEMENT GAGES; VOLTMETERS; CONTROL ELEMENTS; ELECTRIC MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT; MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; REACTOR COMPONENTS; 220400* - Nuclear Reactor Technology- Control Systems

Citation Formats

Dardenne, R. Method and apparatus for measuring the position of regulating rods in a nuclear reactor. United States: N. p., 1980. Web.
Dardenne, R. Method and apparatus for measuring the position of regulating rods in a nuclear reactor. United States.
Dardenne, R. 1980. "Method and apparatus for measuring the position of regulating rods in a nuclear reactor". United States.
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abstractNote = {A method and an apparatus for measuring the position of regulating rods in a nuclear reactor through the measure of a voltage appearing across the terminals of an induction coil fed by a constant current ac supply are described. Each regulating rod is interlocked with a control rod able to move along the longitudinal axis of said coil. The regulating rods are grouped into a plurality of groups in such a way that the said regulating rods are randomly distributed throughout the reactor so that no two regulating rods in the same group are located close to one another. The thus formed groups of regulating rods are energized in sequence, and the voltage appearing across the terminals of the coils of each group is measured during a time interval corresponding to the feeding time interval of that group. The voltage is then memorized for a time interval corresponding to the non-feeding time period of the group.},
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year = {Tue May 06 00:00:00 EDT 1980},
month = {Tue May 06 00:00:00 EDT 1980}
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