Investigation of Spatial Control Strategies with Application to Advanced Heavy Water Reactor

This book examines the different spatial control techniques for regulation of spatial power distribution in advanced heavy water reactors (AHWR). It begins with a review of the literature pertinent to the modeling and control of large reactors. It also offers a nodal-core model based on finite difference approximation since the AHWR core is considered to be divided into 17 relatively large nodes. Further, it introduces a nonlinear model characterizing important thermal hydraulics parameters of AHWR and integrates it into the neutronics model to obtain a coupled neutronics-thermal hydraulics model of AHWR. The book also presents a vectorized nonlinear model of AHWR and implements it in MATLAB/Simulink environment. The model of the reactor is then linearized at the rated power and put into standard state variable form. It is characterized by 90 states, 5 inputs and 18 outputs. Lastly, it discusses control techniques for a nonlinear model of AHWR. This book will prove to be a valuableresource for professional engineers and implementation specialists, researchers and students.

Presents recent research on modeling and control of large nuclear reactors Includes control scheme representations to enable a quick understanding of control techniques Compares control techniques to help readers understand different model order reduction methods Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Dr. Ravindra Munje holds a B.E., M.E., and Ph.D. degree from Mumbai University in 2005, Pune University in 2009, and Swami Ramanand Teerth Marathwada University in 2015 respectively. He completed his post-doctoral fellowship at Shanghai Jiao Tong University in Shanghai from June 2017 to May 2019. During his fellowship, he received research funds of approximately 15 lakh rupees from the National Natural Science Foundation of China as an International Young Scientist. Currently, Dr. Munje is a Professor and head of the Electrical Engineering Department at K. K. Wagh Institute of Engineering Education and Research in Nashik, India. He also holds the position of Dean (Research and Development) at the institute. He has authored a book and about 60 refereed papers, with his research interests focusing on modeling and control of large-scale systems using sliding mode and multi-rate output feedback. He has also supervised 8 PG students and is currently guiding 4 Ph.D. students. Dr. Munje has been recognized with several awards, including the Promising Engineer Award in 2016, the Outstanding Researcher Award in 2018, and the Best Faculty Award in 2019. Recently, he was awarded the prestigious 'Best Teacher Award' of Savitribai Phule Pune University in February 2024. He is a senior member of IEEE, a member of IET, and a life member of ISTE. Dr. Balasaheb M. Patre completed a Bachelor of Instrumentation Engineering in 1986 and, a Masters of Instrumentation Engineering in 1990, both from SGGS Institute of Engineering and Technology, Vishnupuri, Nanded, and Ph. D. from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Bombay in 1998. Currently, he is working as a Professor at the Department of Instrumentation Engineering, SGGS Institute of Engineering and Technology, Vishnupuri, Nanded, Maharashtra. He has published more than 80 International Journal Papers, more than 100 National and International Conference papers, 6 Books, and 5 Book Chapters. He is a reviewer for 45 international (SCI/SCIE indexed) peer-reviewed journals. He has completed sponsored research projects from DST, AICTE, BARC, BRNS, and NRB. He has so far supervised 22 students for Ph. D. and 5 students are currently pursuing Ph. D. under his guidance in the areas of systems and control engineering in general and robust control, nuclear reactor control, sliding mode control and applications, and process control in particular. Dr. Patre is a senior member of IEEE, a Fellow of the Institution of Engineers (India), a Member of IETE (India), and a life member of ISTE. Dr. Weidong Zhang received his BS, MS, and Ph.D. degrees from Zhejiang University, China, in 1990, 1993, and 1996, respectively, and then worked as a Postdoctoral Fellow at Shanghai Jiaotong University. He joined Shanghai Jiaotong University in 1998 as an Associate Professor and has been a Full Professor since 1999. From 2003 to 2004, he worked at the University of Stuttgart, Germany, as an Alexander von Humboldt Fellow. He is a recipient of the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars of China. In 2011 he was appointed Chair Professor at Shanghai Jiaotong University. He is currently the Director of the Engineering Research Center of Marine Automation, Municipal Education Commission. His research interests include control theory and its applications in industry and ocean engineering. He is the author of more than 300 refereed papers and 1 book and holds 32 patents.

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Chapter 1: Introduction.- Chapter 2: Modelling and Control of Advanced Heavy Water Reactor.- Chapter 3: State Feedback Control for AHWR.- C hapter 4: Sliding Mode Control for Spatial Stabilization of AHWR.- C hapter 5: Spatial Control of AHWR using Fast Output Sampling Technique.- Chapter 6: Periodic Output Feedback for Spatial Control of AHWR: A Three-Time-Scale Approach.- Chapter 7: Discrete-time Sliding Mode Spatial Control of AHWR.- Chapter 8: Comparison of Spatial Controllers.- Chapter 9: Conclusions and Future Scopes.- Appendix A.- Appendix B.- Bibliography.