Power stabilization of nuclear research reactor via fuzzy controllers

Author

Emara, H.M. ; Elsadat, A. ; Bahgat, A. ; Sultan, M.

Author_Institution

Fac. of Eng., Cairo Univ., Egypt

Volume

6

fYear

2002

fDate

2002

Firstpage

5066

Abstract

Power stabilization is a critical issue in nuclear reactors. A conventional PD controller is currently used in Egypt´s second testing research reactor (ETRR-2). This controller is designed neglecting the nonlinear nature of the plant. In this paper, two fuzzy controllers are used instead of the conventional PD. The first fuzzy controller has a static rule set, while the second one has an adaptive rule set. Simulation results show that the adaptive fuzzy controller gives the best integral square error (ISE) index, while the static fuzzy controller still provides a better ISE than the conventional PD controller.

Keywords

adaptive control; fission reactor operation; fission reactor safety; fission research reactors; fuzzy control; nonlinear control systems; performance index; power control; ETRR-2; Egypt second testing research reactor; adaptive fuzzy controller; adaptive rule set; fuzzy controllers; integral square error index; nonlinear plant; nuclear research reactor; power stabilization; static fuzzy controller; static rule set; Adaptive control; Fission reactors; Fuzzy control; Fuzzy logic; Fuzzy sets; Inductors; Neutrons; PD control; Production; Programmable control;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

American Control Conference, 2002. Proceedings of the 2002

ISSN

0743-1619

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7298-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ACC.2002.1025469

Filename

1025469