Fault detection system for Argentine Research Reactor instrumentation

Conference · Wed Jan 20 00:00:00 EST 1993 · AIP Conference Proceedings (American Institute of Physics); (United States)

OSTI ID:5587115

Polenta, H P ^[1]; Bernard, J A ^[2]; Ray, A ^[3]

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1. Argentine Navy, Comodoro Py 2055 Office 11-93, 1104 - Buenos Aires (Argentina)
2. Nuclear Reactor Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 138 Albany Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139 (United States)
3. 205 Mechanical Engineering Department, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802 (United States)

The design and implementation of a redundancy management scheme for the on-line detection and isolation of faulty sensors is presented. Such a device is potentially useful in reactor-powered spacecraft for enhancing the processing capabilities of the main computer. The fault detection device can be used as an integral part of intelligent instrumentation systems. The device has been built using an 8-bit microcontroller and commercially available electronic hardware. The software is completely portable. The operation of this device has been successfully demonstrated for real-time validation of sensor data on Argentina's RA-1 Research Reactor.

• OSTI ID: 5587115
• Report Number(s): CONF-930103-; CODEN: APCPCS
• Journal Information: AIP Conference Proceedings (American Institute of Physics); (United States), Vol. 271:3; Conference: 10. symposium on space nuclear power and propulsion, Albuquerque, NM (United States), 10-14 Jan 1993; ISSN 0094-243X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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