• DocumentCode
    1294972
  • Title

    A mechanical analog in nonlinear nuclear reactor stability analysis

  • Author

    Altin, Vural ; Enginol, Turan B.

  • Author_Institution
    Fac. of Eng., Bogazici Univ., Istanbul, Turkey
  • Volume
    35
  • Issue
    11
  • fYear
    1990
  • fDate
    11/1/1990 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    1235
  • Lastpage
    1238
  • Abstract
    A sufficient condition for the asymptotic stability of nuclear reactors in terms of the equilibrium power level and arbitrary feedback parameters is obtained through the use of a mechanical analog. The stability criterion (related to the amplitude of oscillations of the autonomous system and shown to contain no delayed neutron contribution) differs in this respect from previous work and provides further insight into the role of delayed neutrons in nonlinear system stability
  • Keywords
    feedback; fission reactor core control and monitoring; neutron flux; nonlinear systems; stability; delayed neutrons; feedback; mechanical analog; nonlinear nuclear reactor; nonlinear system; stability; sufficient condition; Asymptotic stability; Delay; Feedback; Fission reactors; Inductors; Kinetic theory; Neutrons; Nonlinear equations; Stability analysis; Stability criteria;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Automatic Control, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9286
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/9.59809
  • Filename
    59809