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Title: Methodology for validation of safety parameters and fault detection and isolation

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OSTI ID:6837249

In this paper a methodology for instrument data validation as well as fault detection and isolation, based on analytic redundancy, is presented. This work differs from previously reported work on analytic redundancy in that validation of all the main parameters of the plant heat transport loops is sought by using plant-wide instrument information. An LMFBR plant is used as a reference, and validation of the following plant parameters is considered: reactor power (Q), reactor inlet (T/sub IC/) and reactor outlet (T/sub OC/) coolant temperatures, intermediate heat exchanger (IHX) inlet (T/sub IS/) and outlet (T/sub OS/) secondary coolant temperatures, steam generator feedwater temperature (T/sub w/), steam temperature (T/sub s/) and pressure (P/sub s/), as well as primary (G/sub p/), intermediate (G/sub I/), and feedwater (G/sub w/) flow. In this paper, only validation at steady state conditions will be discussed.

Research Organization:
Argonne National Lab., IL (USA)
DOE Contract Number:
W-31-109-ENG-38
OSTI ID:
6837249
Report Number(s):
CONF-840614-44; ON: DE84005538
Resource Relation:
Conference: Annual meeting of the American Nuclear Society, New Orleans, LA, USA, 3 Jun 1984; Other Information: Portions are illegible in microfiche products
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English