Design of optimal fractional order fuzzy PID controller based on cuckoo search algorithm for core power control in molten salt reactors

O Karahan - Progress in Nuclear Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
In case of the adverse effects of unforeseeable or uncertain disturbances on control systems,
stability robustness of control performance is crucial for controller design. Accordingly, in this …

On-line fault detection of a fuel rod temperature measurement sensor in a nuclear reactor core using ANNs

A Messai, A Mellit, I Abdellani, AM Pavan - Progress in Nuclear Energy, 2015 - Elsevier
In this paper a detailed method for fault detection of an in-core three wires Resistance
Temperature Detectors (RTD) sensor is introduced. The method is mainly based on the …

Dynamic programming with successive approximation and relaxation strategy for long-term joint power generation scheduling of large-scale hydropower station group

Z He, C Wang, Y Wang, B Wei, J Zhou, H Zhang, H Qin - Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
The joint optimal operation of large-scale hydropower station group (LHSG) is faced with the
higher dimension than that of cascade hydropower station, the demand for the efficient …

Predictive control of slurry pressure balance in shield tunneling using diagonal recurrent neural network and evolved particle swarm optimization

X Li, G Gong - Automation in Construction, 2019 - Elsevier
Establishing the balance between slurry supporting pressure and expected water-earth
pressure is an important criterion to ensure excavating face stability in shield tunneling. To …

Control of a PWR nuclear reactor core power using scheduled PID controller with GA, based on two-point kinetics model and adaptive disturbance rejection system

SMH Mousakazemi - Annals of Nuclear Energy, 2019 - Elsevier
Nuclear reactor dynamics has a non-linear nature, and some parameters depend on the
output power level. Accordingly, a load-following issue is important. To this end, it is …

Fractional order fuzzy control of nuclear reactor power with thermal-hydraulic effects in the presence of random network induced delay and sensor noise having long …

S Das, I Pan, S Das - Energy Conversion and Management, 2013 - Elsevier
Nonlinear state space modeling of a nuclear reactor has been done for the purpose of
controlling its global power in load following mode. The nonlinear state space model has …

Artificial intelligence methods applied for quantitative analysis of natural radioactive sources

ME Medhat - Annals of Nuclear Energy, 2012 - Elsevier
Artificial neural network (ANN) represents one of artificial intelligence methods in the field of
modeling and uncertainty in different applications. The objective of the proposed work was …

A fuzzy controller design for nuclear research reactors using the particle swarm optimization algorithm

R Coban - Nuclear Engineering and Design, 2011 - Elsevier
In this paper, a closed-loop fuzzy logic controller based on the particle swarm optimization
algorithm is proposed for controlling the power level of nuclear research reactors. The …

[HTML][HTML] Modeling the total heat transfer coefficient of a nuclear research reactor cooling system by different methods

OE Akay, M Das - Case Studies in Thermal Engineering, 2021 - Elsevier
In this work, the thermal model of Triga Mark-II Nuclear research reactor working at Istanbul
Technical University (ITU) Energy Institute was created. Thermal model includes …

A new interval type-2 fuzzy approach for analyzing and monitoring the performance of megaprojects based on earned value analysis (with a case study)

A Eshghi, SM Mousavi, V Mohagheghi - Neural Computing and …, 2019 - Springer
Major factors of project success include using tools of performance measurements and
feedbacks. Earned value management (EVM) is a unique issue within megaprojects due to …