Title :
Robust controller design for a nuclear power plant using H∞ optimization
Author :
Banavar, R.N. ; Deshpande, U.V.
Author_Institution :
Syst. & Control. Eng., Indian Inst. of Technol., Bombay, India
fDate :
4/1/1998 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
This paper presents an application of H∞-optimal control to a nuclear power plant. Data from a pressurized heavy water reactor as well as actuator models incorporating nonlinearities were provided for this study by a nuclear agency. Starting with the identification about the nominal operating point to the final controller validation by studying responses for set point changes and disturbance rejection, a detailed description is presented. The normalized coprime factorization approach is adopted to synthesize the H∞ controller
Keywords :
H∞ control; H∞ optimisation; fission reactor cooling; fission reactor core control; robust control; H∞ optimization; H∞-optimal control; PHWR; actuator models; disturbance rejection; final controller validation; nominal operating point; normalized coprime factorization approach; nuclear power plant; pressurized heavy water reactor; robust controller design; set point changes; Coolants; Design optimization; Fuels; Heat transfer; Inductors; Nuclear power generation; Power generation; Robust control; Turbines; Water heating;
Journal_Title :
Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on
