Method for nonlinear optimization for gas tagging and other systems

Patent · 05 January 1998

OSTI ID:871316

Chen, Ting ^[1]; Gross, Kenny C ^[2]; Wegerich, Stephan ^[3]

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1. Chicago, IL
2. Bolingbrook, IL
3. Glendale Heights, IL

A method and system for providing nuclear fuel rods with a configuration of isotopic gas tags. The method includes selecting a true location of a first gas tag node, selecting initial locations for the remaining n-1 nodes using target gas tag compositions, generating a set of random gene pools with L nodes, applying a Hopfield network for computing on energy, or cost, for each of the L gene pools and using selected constraints to establish minimum energy states to identify optimal gas tag nodes with each energy compared to a convergence threshold and then upon identifying the gas tag node continuing this procedure until establishing the next gas tag node until all remaining n nodes have been established.

• Research Organization: Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL
• DOE Contract Number: W-31109-ENG-38
• Assignee: University of Chicago (Chicago, IL)
• Patent Number(s): US 5706321
• OSTI ID: 871316
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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