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Title: Automating large-scale power plant systems: a perspective and philosophy

Abstract

This report is intended to convey a philosophy for the design of large-scale control systems that will guide control engineers and managers in the development of integrated, intelligent, flexible control systems. A liquid reactor, the large-scale protoype breeder, is the focus of the examples and analyses in the report. A structure for the discontinuous and continuous control aspects is presented in sufficient detail to form the foundation for future expanded development. The system diagramming techniques used are especially useful because they are both an aid to control design and a specification for software design. This report develops a continuous-system supervisory controlled that adds the capability for optimal coordination and control to existing supervisory control design. This development makes global minimization of variations in key system parameters during transients.

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Research Org.:
Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
707999
Report Number(s):
ORNL/TM-9500
ON: TI85028254
DOE Contract Number:
AC05-84OR21400
Resource Type:
Technical Report
Resource Relation:
Other Information: PBD: Dec 1984
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
22 GENERAL STUDIES OF NUCLEAR REACTORS; 21 SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS; LMFBR TYPE REACTORS; AUTOMATION; REACTOR CONTROL SYSTEMS; DESIGN

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Kisner, R A, and Raju, G V.S.. Automating large-scale power plant systems: a perspective and philosophy. United States: N. p., 1984. Web. doi:10.2172/707999.
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title = {Automating large-scale power plant systems: a perspective and philosophy},
author = {Kisner, R A and Raju, G V.S.},
abstractNote = {This report is intended to convey a philosophy for the design of large-scale control systems that will guide control engineers and managers in the development of integrated, intelligent, flexible control systems. A liquid reactor, the large-scale protoype breeder, is the focus of the examples and analyses in the report. A structure for the discontinuous and continuous control aspects is presented in sufficient detail to form the foundation for future expanded development. The system diagramming techniques used are especially useful because they are both an aid to control design and a specification for software design. This report develops a continuous-system supervisory controlled that adds the capability for optimal coordination and control to existing supervisory control design. This development makes global minimization of variations in key system parameters during transients.},
doi = {10.2172/707999},
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place = {United States},
year = {Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 EST 1984},
month = {Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 EST 1984}
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