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Load-following, co-generation, and sensor placement strategy for small modular reactors UPADHYAYA Belle R.1, LI Fan2, PERILLO Sergio R.P.3, and HINES J. Wesley1
1. Nuclear Engineering Department, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, 37996-2300 USA (bupadhya@utk.edu)
2. Altran Solutions, Norcross, GA 30092 USA
3. IPEN, 05508-900 São Paulo, BRAZIL
Abstract: The deployment of next generation nuclear power plants will include small modular reactors (SMR) that range in electricity production from 50 MWe to 200 MWe. A key to economic and sustained operation of these systems would be the ability to monitor components and devices on-line, and to incorporate autonomous control of these systems. The development of control strategies for multiple-module systems and the allocation of sensors to optimize fault detection and diagnosis are presented with application to a nuclear desalination system using integral SMRs as the heat source. The design performance is evaluated using MATLAB-SIMULINK based reactor dynamic models.
Keyword: small modular reactors; steam mixing; fault diagnosis; nuclear desalination; sensor placement |
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