Abstract
The task of this investigation is to design a nonlinear Pressurized Water Reactor (PWR) core load following control system for regulating the core power level and axial power difference. A two-point based nonlinear PWR core model without boron and with the power regulating rod and Axial Offset (AO) rod is built. The linearized single-input single-output (SISO) or multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) core model under Case 1 or Case 2 classified by two movable regions of power regulating rod is constructed. The linear SISO or MIMO model is further augmented with additional integrators to cater to the control design. The Linear Quadratic Gaussian with Loop Transfer Recovery (LQG/LTR) robust optimal control is used to contrive a controller of the linear core model of each case. For Case 1 (Case 2), the nonlinear core model and the LQG/LTR SISO (MIMO) controller construct the nonlinear PWR core load following control system. Two stability theorems are deduced to define that the nonlinear core load following control system of each case is asymptotically stable. Finally, the control system of each case is simulated and the simulation results show that the control system is effective.
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