• Title of article

    DevelopmentofasupportingtoolforoptimalfuelmanagementinresearchreactorsusingartificialneuralnetworksOriginalResearchArticle

  • Author/Authors

    HakimMazrou، نويسنده , , MohamedHamadouche، نويسنده ,

  • Issue Information
    روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2006
  • Pages
    12
  • From page
    255
  • To page
    266
  • Abstract
    Thepresentworkinvestigatesanappropriatewaytosolvetheproblemofoptimizingfuelmanagementinresearchreactors.Acomputerprogramhasbeendeveloped,toautomatethisprocedure.Theprogramsuggestsanoptimalcoreconfiguration,whichsatisfiestoestablishedsafetyconstraints.Thesuggestedsolutionwasbasedupontheuseofcoupledmethodsinwhichastochastictechnique,simulatedannealing,andanadaptiveback-propagationneuralnetworkareconnectedtoeachother. Anobjectivefunctionwasdevelopedbasedontwoperformanceparameters:cyclelength,whichcanbedeterminedthroughtheevaluationoftheeffectivemultiplicationfactorKeffandpowerpeakingfactorPmax.ThesystemusesoptimizationofthesetwoparameterstofindsconfigurationsinwhichKeffismaximized,whetherapenaltyfunctionisappliedtolimitthevalueofPmaxwhichshouldbelowerthantheonegivenintheinitialconfiguration. Aseriesoftestshavebeenperformedusingamodifiedcoreconfigurationofthebenchmark10MWIAEALEU(lowenricheduranium)researchreactorandtheresultachievedistheoptimumconfigurationofthestudiedcore.
  • Journal title
    Nuclear Engineering and Design Eslah
  • Serial Year
    2006
  • Journal title
    Nuclear Engineering and Design Eslah
  • Record number

    895989

    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=10&DC=895989