Title :
The design of Expert Nodalization Assistant (ENA)
Author :
Gao, R. ; Uluyol, O. ; Tsoukalas, L.H.
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Nucl. Eng., Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, IN, USA
Abstract :
Sensitivity to nodalization is a major obstacle in using thermal-hydraulics (T/H) computer codes, which are important tools for simulating the complex behaviors of nuclear power plants. By exploiting new concepts of computational intelligence, a design for an intelligent agent called Expert Nodalization Assistant (ENA) has been developed and presented here. ENA is capable of providing an optimal nodalization scheme based on the physical reactor system input given by the user. ENA also features capabilities for analyzing the output of T/H codes
Keywords :
digital simulation; expert systems; fission reactor operation; nuclear engineering computing; Expert Nodalization Assistant; complex behavior simulation; computational intelligence; intelligent agent; nuclear power plants; optimal nodalization scheme; physical reactor system input; thermal-hydraulics computer codes; Computational modeling; Computer simulation; Differential equations; Fission reactors; Graphical user interfaces; Inductors; Intelligent agent; Power engineering and energy; Power engineering computing; Thermal engineering;
Conference_Titel :
Information Intelligence and Systems, 1999. Proceedings. 1999 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Bethesda, MD
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-0446-9
DOI :
10.1109/ICIIS.1999.810275
