A Novel, Robust Control Methodology Application to Nuclear Reactors

作者：Emara Hassan M^*; Hanafy Adel A; Abdelaal Magdy M Zaky; Elaraby Sayed

来源：Nuclear Science and Engineering, 2013, 174(1): 87-95.

DOI：10.13182/NSE12-8

Several analytical model reduction techniques have been proposed in the literature over the past few decades. We introduce the application of the Schur model reduction method to design a reduced-order, robust controller for the Egyptian Second Testing Research Reactor (ETRR-2). The linear matrix inequality approach is used to design a robust, low-order H-infinity state feedback control system and a robust H-infinity observer-based controller to control the reactor power. A comparison between the proposed controllers and the actually used conventional proportional-plus-derivative controller is presented based on the simulation of the full-order nonlinear model. Results show the effectiveness of H-infinity observer-based state feedback for control of the reactor power at different operation conditions and that it guarantees the system stability.

• 出版日期2013-5