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On the design and modeling of microcontrolled fuzzy nuclear power plant controller
Author(s) -
Kaur D.,
Schroeder R.
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
international journal of intelligent systems
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.291
H-Index - 87
eISSN - 1098-111X
pISSN - 0884-8173
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1098-111x(199610)11:10<761::aid-int4>3.0.co;2-x
Subject(s) - control rod , nuclear power plant , pressurized water reactor , controller (irrigation) , scram , nuclear power , nuclear reactor core , fuzzy logic , temperature control , power (physics) , computer science , standby power , nuclear reactor , microcontroller , power station , nuclear engineering , control engineering , engineering , electrical engineering , embedded system , mechanical engineering , voltage , ecology , agronomy , physics , quantum mechanics , artificial intelligence , nuclear physics , biology
The article presents a working model of Control rod insertion in nuclear power plant based on fuzzy logic and implemented with MC68HC11 microcontroller. The control rods are made of neutron absorbing metal. The amount of control rod insertion into a pressurized water reactor in a nuclear power plant controls the nuclear fission process by controlling the rate at which the chain reaction takes place. The temperature in the pressurized water tank varies with the load of power, the higher the demand of power the higher the temperature and vice versa. The control rods help to maintain the appropriate temperature in the core of the reactor. Nuclear Power plants use a very complicated control scheme, to vary the amount of control rod insertion which is very expensive and difficult to troubleshoot. We have developed a fuzzy model, tested its functionality by generating control surfaces, written the fuzzy inference software, downloaded in the EEPROM of MC68HC11, and interfaced it with 8 LED Bar to simulate control rod and two 8‐bit DIP switches to enter inputs of Power Generation and Temperature of the core of the reactor. © 1996 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.